New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

dsconsOate patient for which ne cOud ma no releI IN
the of the healing art Nor does the author
suggest any remedy for widelyspread form OF human
Indebtedness except temporary change of locality
His account however Of the annoying disease popularity
known as Hay Fever possesses certain curious in
terst both from the novelty information and the
almost whimsical character and action of the malay
According to his statement. there arc two distinct
forms annual catarrh in the northern part OF the
United States. One is the "Rose Cold" which usually
commences during the last week in May, or the first
week June and continues untl about the first In July
Of its symptoms, and the time Of attack TINS
corresponds with the epidemic known in England as
"Hay Fever" or "Hay Asthma" But although this
dsease resembles which exists in the United States
there Is no certain evidence of the identity OF the two
NJ least in respect their 1t is not known that
any persons who suffer from the June cold in this coun
try have suffered from the similar disease at the same
season In England.
The OF her form Of annual oatarrh which occurs In
Autumn has perhaps, attracted little attention ana is
often COMPOUNDED with ordinary occasional oatarrh OF
with "June Cold" just mentioned. The author prefers
the name Of "Autumnal Catarrh" TO that OF haS
Pever which has been applied TO the June Cold" or
Rose Cold" both in England and this country. Inc
disease is well known, begins with violent nus VI
sneezng irritation Of the eyes aud profuse dsehage
from the nostrs The symptoms come on snoueh9' anu
when the ut IL over usually in few minutes go Oh "s
auck as they came During the second week In sepleH
her cough sets in which is increased by dry dusty
weather and lie most severe at nlght DurlnE
the third week in September the disease generaly
Subsidies and by the first Of October or the st good ros
oompletey disappears. It is by no means an uneom-
mon malady in New England and in the State Of New
York Daniel Webster bad il annually for twenty years
and had crupes about retaining the Office of Secretary
Sfs under President Fillmore on that account Inc
late Chief Justice Shaw Massachusetts, was victim to
II during the greater part OF his ne Mr. henry "ard
Beeeber describes his own case in vein of goodhu-
- NJ
is exqustely sensitive, and subject TO incessant and
oopous Deductions slightest draft Of air produces
sneezing Of the enterprsDg character Your hand
kerehef suddenly becomes the most important object IN
life 1t is a revelation. You never before even sus-
pected what il was 10 sneeze. If the door Is
open, you sneeze. If pane OF glass is gone,
Won eneeze II you look into the sunshine, you
sDeezc II little dust rises from the carpet or the odor
OF flowers waited TO the smell OF smoke, you
incontinently II you sneeze once you sneeze
twenty times. II is riot of sneezes. First single
one like leader In a flock of sheep, bolts over, and
then spite Of all you do, the whole flock, fifty by
count come dasng over in twos in fves, in punches Of
twenty The late Professor James T. Hodge almost
martyr to the disease for many years which always
made it's appearance with distressing punctuay on the
2sth of August lasted from six to eight weeks In
the correspondence of sydney Smith the great English
humorist gives comcopaheticO description OF ms IN
tolerabe suferings from the same cause.
With regard TO the geographical distribution OF the
disease the statements OF DR.. Morrill, are OF especial
value TO sufferers from IL who seek the restoration OF
health by course OF foreign travel 1t appears that IN
several places England and Scotland, Liverpool Man
chester London BalmOra and Stirling Tor example,
The subjects Of the disease while there during the crit
heal period have entirely escaped their habtual attack
The same of France, which has proved safe Tor
catarrhal patients both in Paris and IN the country
Germany and Switzerland have also been visited by
persons suffering the disease here without return
of the attack In Milan on the contrary, have our
selves seen case OF IL in the month Of August in which
an American tourist excited the admiration OF the ma
tiyes by parOxysms Of sneezlng, which Mr.. II. W.
Beeeher would find hard TO beat.
The disease does exist the whole Of the United
States II apparently extends along the Atlantic coast
from the Capes Of Virginia EastpOrt, Maine, but
cannot be traced the white pine lands beyond the
ST. Crox River. The evidence is sufficient TO exclude it
from New Brunswick Nova Scotia and along the coast
Labrador, but beyond that we have no facts
There 10 think that 1t is found IN Canada
unless il be the northern shore of the lower Great
lakes Of h has been detected In the island OF
Maeknaw The Lake Superior copper regions are
beyond its influence. In Montana it is unknown.
sea voyage seems to have favorable effect. There
Is NO evidence that subjects Of the maady have been
attacked during the critical period while sailing upon
the open sea- But there several cases Of persons
suffering in the early stages who have recovered within
foryeght hours after losing sight Of land. residence
at the seaside appears to be beneficial but much less
than voyage across the Atlantic, a cruise many
miles from land.
But the great remedy for the autumnal catarrh-and
the result 70 which all the researches Of the volume
gradually leads a residence, during the critical pc
Rod, in the neghbOrhOod Of the White Mountains or
other similar elevated tracts like Mount Mansfield in
Vermont the Adirondacks in New-YOrk. But il
should be remembered that not all places in the White
Mountain region equally safe The line Of salubry,
nearly be determined, includes the Glen,
Gorham Randolph. Jefferson Hills, Whitefed, Bethle-
hem Village the FrancOnia Notch the White Mountain
Notch and the various mountains within these limits.
Bone patients have been relieved at sheburne and also
nj Bethel on the Androscoggn but they consid
cred as on the border Of the exempted region.
FraneOnia Notch is the most distant southwestern
border and therefore be relied in all
Nor can Immunity be claimed for Ltteton Dalton, and
Lancaster certainly not for those portions lying the
Connecticut and AmmonoOsuc rivers.
But the large Of persons who found relief
from the disease In the places mentioned above demon
sEate their safety. "The change in sufferer fully
under the influence OF his malady arriving at the
mountains sudden and striking His first nights sleep
ts refreshing and in the morning his most annoying
symptoms-the itching and watering Of the eyes, the
sneeEing and nose-blowing or the asthma-have much
diminished second night is usually followed by a
day IN the course Of which most of the symptoms dis
appear II, however, the disease has continued until
membrane Of the nOstris and ar-tubes has
become rritated and thekened, the disappearance Of
the effects Of these changes gradual Beside this relief
OF the local symptom still greater change takes place
IN the spirits. Activity Of mind and body replace dis
oouragement aud weakness and the sufferer feels
assured that he last shaken of his enemy. The
number Of obtaining this relief in certain regions
- great to be explained by coincidence the repet
uOn year after year, Of the relief at the time Of
arrival in such regions is conclusive that the relief is
connected closely with the arrival that the OF
the disease whatever they may be, have ceased be