, 1873-09-25
A Theory of the Disease.

CRows PoIsr, Ind, Sept. 10, 1873.
tn the Edilor of The Chicago Trihune:
Sins, have rcnd with peculiar interest tho
recent communications in THE Tn1uusE upon
the subject OF " Hny-Fever." And yet, strange
as it mag seem, never had heard Of tho taaaso
until tlis past summer, wIllo OIL visit to Utica,
N. Y. Ny education in this respect may have
bcon neglected, but am very positive that my
nasal sccrotionB have, in tho meantime, ab-
Horbed practical knowledge of the disease, and
furnished d new demonstration Of the truth.
"Wllero ignorance is bliss, It's folly to be wise."
Illaye just entered upon my "second ternl,"
during tle hitter part of August but it is only
within fow days TINT lave come to rcaliz-
ing sense that this "head-cold.' which 1 knew
nll the time was not 4 Acad-cold in my ordinary
scnsc, and which was making me nay that T. by
Barry Add is liko tho bood," and complain of
bad cold i'd by dose. anl finnl]y causing me to
mike desperate effort to stcor clear Of ems
aud ems entirely and and that tho nasal trouble
had ut this sa.no time Inst year, and which wAB
treated as catnrrhal affection, are iustances of
II uay-Foyor."
!. DO tell mo."1 cried ont the other day. Ia
vain hopo Of finding. some ono as ignorant as
had been. IF you llayo ever heard Of such
thing ns Hay Fevor'?"
"Ol, yes " was my friends very cool reply;
"n,y brother, near Richmond. In this State, has
had it oyery year for eighteen years, 30 that it
entirely units him for business after tho hayipg
benson comes on"
Aud this il tho prospect before your Hay
Fovor" correspondents! No wondor wo cry out
for holp from the medical profession, and no
wonder VIC arc tempted to donounco tho whole
fraternity of n. DIS because no response comes
back to lis.
SEQ no hopo for us but to appoint "weok
of prayer" to securo visitation Of this detoat-
abe, this narrowing, wearing, terrible diAenAe
upon every man anl woman 81 tho pill-pcrsua-
son This will arouse them to investigation. I
fcol quite sire of this for it Inns worked like
masio i'll setting mn brain to work. and I bolieye
tho result Of it has been to discover theory, or
rather to develop m already existing. Rhadow Of
theory mtg sonaot1'ing tangible, which offer
hy those who POSSESS the koy to tho treasures
nill mysteries Of EsculapiuB.
The disease Inns bcon called by various names,
according to its Supposed ap3 origin in different
more commonly "Hay-Fcyer." 1t INN bcon
pretty generallY conceded to bo The result Of tho
presence Of il,iinitoly-nnute PARTICLES Of animal
lifo,-w!licl is to 6ny 1oorns, ,-in tho nasal pas
Engoe. Mr.. Bartlett, in Lis recent conlrnunica-
ton to IuE Tn1nusE, mentions q German
authority for this theory. and calls thoHo
worms by thor proper md classical
nasno Of yibrionos,. or infusoria, but
oes ns nG bsS w to H" "y wit wosf so y I
nnsnl passages, nor why tlloy get into the nuBal
passages of the aanlo person, year after year, at
Tho sailso season Of tho year, for something like
quarter of century, or until the discnso ro--
CtiveB permanent relief from tho application Of
damp clay, six fcot dcop.
Iloflry Ward Bocclier In afflicted with this dis
case, and calls it " Pouch Gold, " because, aa lo
believes, l4c took i from ripo l'caclloa Query !:
yenr from pcaehcs3 And, If peaches no
abound in infl,Horia or yibroucH, Why docB
amy porAon escape Hnni1ing them up their nosos
from this luscious trtitt
kl.r., IL II F1nI1 II
md for Ainilnr roaHoll, tint the cn,Ao hnd its
origin i'll smelling roaeH, and thuH inllaling Holo-
thing ut onmity with tito dellcuto lining me,a-
branos 81 IL the a., noao Ihis, TOO. might woll DO
nlyot it ia my beliof TINT cach belief u to 'the
origin in tho several cnAes IL cDrrect
That 1t iu caused by, The Inhalation of these
Particles Of aninlal ltfee iuto. tho noAtrl
Whit aro iniusoria? They aro sad to ho tic in
yinil,!o pnrtcles of unimal lifo existing In
liquids ~ called hecauao they aro Infused into
such liquid substances. Vibrionoa, the plural OF
tie nanlo from tho vibrating or auiyorlng nature
Of tlleyo particles Of llfo. Aud now, wherefore
The connection between thu infusoria aud hay,
poachoa or roEcs Let US 500.
10, or at loaat hereditary tant, the term "Enr-
CockloH or "poppor-Co11l, "denoting adiaoaso IN
wl!oat, III not unknown, Causing tho infeotnd
grains to bocome dark green, aud ilnally black.
founded lihe Amall poppor.oors. Naw tue ala-
ono Of tile inflaorla family; and those natural
philosophers who hayo investigated tho subject
folI III that tho minute oggs Of tho ylbro find
tlloir way from diseased hoo1 up through the HIP
Tie diyeuHod grains "re nl!od with 9
wjito cottony substance, which readily
iisBolves in water, ,liboratiing tho vibri-
In gent 'na nmofa; roa,o,S IN o iysstt,
ht. .,i,,-1o ,trniu oY liaoaBeE whoat eoutQtlla