The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-20
SOME NEU BOOkS.


airy disease; others think t. prevails chiefly be-
cause H. is fashionable. Let all such dount-
err have IT lust once, not regularly year AFTER
year az It's victims do. but just once aud they
will believe. The torment Of every sufferer
from this dlstempcr has doubtless often been
aggravated by some person ass ding him somo-
thing In this wise: "Why. YOU en- to have
bad cold ia your head" or. What Is the mat
ter with your evesY" The patient replies M
calmly ana briefly "a possible, may fever
"what IA hay fever" queries the persecuior
"what II 1t likei" aud the abnormally irritable
sufferer has TO describe the eymptohs, causes
md effects Of his disease us well a. he can 10
every svmpa hizins friend. every good natureu
acquaintance, and every idle talSer whom ne
NAV meet
All such curious or sympathetic persons may
md some excellent descriptions OF TINS malady
IN DE-. Boards book, after reading wnich they
will magnanmously ABSTAIN from interview
ing those who arc subject to It. One OF the
best Of these general descriptions vas written
by an eminent phy slcian. himself the patient
and first published in the Nclc York Medical Ga.
setfs, a part OF which is as follows:
Sweating ns do profuselv during the summer
months, and until then freely exposing myself
TO drafts without the siig test inconvenience.
and rarely tching or suffering from colds AZ
any other tune, winter or sunmef' no .noher DO
the nights In August lCrln to grow Chilli. ana
gutuupOls
tubes become refrigerated ana contricttu' say
shout the 3Oth. tnan my eyes begin 60 itch AMI
stream, my nose to run aud "cruN Ike chdnu-
cieer.' and my lungs to ieavc ANA l-lc IKE
those Of "a "brOken-wtndci no se.' become
Inc victim OF "cNing { Id, len Won
know Is to last me for month or more, with
httie or no abatement; with slight te porary
remissions ouls, whicn, II wctc MT tauAU
by long experience to know That iney re
fnilacious mivnt raiss IN me delusivss hOpc-
Of amendment. But In tue very nld't ~
my decentralization, after lew nours ni
ftu.a -tr
Tartarus. plungcs into tn inn' clntnu' ~ nv
ewes white hot needle. and lex lc- nv uostrlls;
Instantly thew become suhdset win scuAihi
tears, witch ueiuge my spect les; dozen or
more sneezes follow IN I'D ana apparent cease
lt,as succession: profIse sweat tullpWsi
streams Of clear mucous How from my no-tnl-
upon my book or paper, and hall d zen IA IA
kctchiefs are at once Gated into tequistnni an
Interval more or less long occurs atter wninn
the parOxysfn Is repeated; and 50 II goe- on, dhv
after day. and hour after hOur, un,li the ui5ense
has run Its appointed course anu ruu-lure'
like partnership, by its own limitation.
Duiing all tins time weah ana rather sore eyes
an itching and running nuse' stuinhg OF we
nasal passages. occasional Hts 81 sueeZin g uehd.
acne, wc.riness and lndul,nre OF mind and
body, "a general feeling 81 good -fnr-nothiusness,
dististe uf and uurtuc.s for society AMI an in.
ability to look people IN the lace, cough anu
astnmatic whetzings. aud a colo and clammv
moisture are the cOncOnit ants Ot my hipty
condition. Drafts OF air are iniul -ranic' anu
increase nv cntatrh; the very W - wing Of a tan
annOys me; sucn Is the susceptibility OF my
SKIN that the application oi cold, wet
part Of a solied handkerchief to my face
excessive coldne-s Of the end OF ny nose.
sensible to myself and TO Others VINO are
Kind enough ALWAYS to inform ne that u
Is like dogs. have not secn this symptom,
which LOOK upon as uf pathognunic one. men
toned by otn r., AMI desire TO have due credit
awarded the for the dlscov nv. II y hf1llE
with what suddennes- nud rdpility the couRss-
tOn Of the Scnnederlad memorane oceans
sometimes on vnc eide, sometime On the ,her
alittle itching In the nostris. and pfertl. the
sneezIne begins, the stream issues, an the eys =
follow suit. IL Is needless to say tndt am never
without = handkerchief 10 my nose. uui two or
three In my pockets; and relay them as post
Ions 90 their horses. spreading one out 10 dry
wniie the othcr IS IN use. Llgh, does not ann ~
m, per 81. as II docs the wife of one ~ my cs1-
frc,,s fellow sufferer, VINO has A true photo
paon MA. and has TO have the room dark nei {;
ia THIS respect should do well enough we're
H. Lot i1r tte weeping ANA ltfta"Iu OF my
eyes, which keeps me wiping them constantly,
winking aud blinking like cat IN the sun. II AZ
my cross life is DUST print 1t IN tpit Is.
sIrclv IA 90 out al midday INTO one ut our
IaTrc thorOuguflre-. which ha- not been reccu.-
" watcred, or ride m dusty railrnai car, =.
~ surely Is every Ntrilcle u aust va x
ttr.nl for my tutul. with tie enec, OF 81 - ia
ofc.vlnue y ppcr; aai for the rt-t ~ ina, itN
closed itchng eyes. darNenei room suuhilns
and sneezing. and AN hrs ihle temper are IN,
portion: pray for rain VITA all tue ierVo. ~
The old scotch ciergym~n. wtnolt carr :
whether or not II saould eventuate ia del
uge.
The case here described represents the disease
IN an ASPECT rather mild than otherwise. l. T.
very often complicated with istnma, AMI gene
rally, at some period OF its duration.witn cough.
Of 1876 cases. In regard to which Dr.. Beiri co-
tanned Information in this respect, 30 were at
tended with cough. 10 with ASTHMA. lJ2 with
both cough aud asthma, and a sd nell
ther. Thus II would appear that les, Ia "a oIe-
quarter Of those subject to this mllady lave II
without either cough or asthma, or ooth. The
Rsthmatic patients are naturally the greatest sur
fercrs. since, aside from the paths incident TO
this aniictiIn alone, anything wnicn prevents OF
a.. d.
and simple,
This name" hay fever" surGests mn erroneous
suppo,ition in regard to the c,uss " the dis
ease. which for long time ha' been yer, = ,-
rally accepted as true. DR., Beard concludes, a
some Of the most careful n-profes-ionll ex
detrimental observers have done before him,
that the dlstemper Is not primarily brought
about by hay or aay other vegetation.
!. Hay fever is essentially a neurosis-that Il
a1uuctiundl disease uf the neryIu system. II
order 10 induce an attack there Is nece'shi
nr-t Of all. a predispOsitiJu, frequently mere II
tar, 10 rpeciHl aud excessive se.e'N ..J 81 ~
nerves su. glylug the m ccted rhris. The lchili
titiug Influences II heat aud tho external irri
tatiun of a lars- number OF Neget tpir ana ONE
substances are exciting causes merely. widely
variin. IN their effects with different indiyldi
uel- and Il themselves are pnwri.rs 10 iudu'e
or at iedst u sustain al attack. 40 the disc -
depends mainly on the individual predlspn-l
ton no two cases Will De precisely alike, bu
all will differ a. individuals dincr.
.. Al forms Of the disease IN all countries
whether occurring In the spring, sum
mer. autumn, and vlriouslY know
"a "ro-e cold" peach cold" June cold
"nay fcyerr may ashanti" rag wee,
fever" aud "autumnal catarrh,' are bu
manifestations of one disease. for whicl
the most Approprllte n,me Is summer e.
tafrh.' which may be undivided mo The earl
form, ml1dle form, of July gold, and tne .ieI
form, or " autumual c.tarrn.'
3. A. the disease IL not due T. any sinRi
specific cause, animal or vegetable, as hts beef
supposed, no &. eclc Will ever tee found for II
Aswith ordinary asthma sick headacne an,
other neurOses, to which II Is IN some respect
analogous, the attarks may be prevented au
relieved, and some remedies will act specihclll
for Individuals; Out no one remedy Will ever b
found to relieve all cases.
he leading indications In the preventio
anu treatment OF the disease ar tho ayOl lanr
OF heat, light, worry, dust, vcget lhle and AM
mai irTItants, and other exciting causes, tortiff
ing the system ~ tones before and during ia
att.cS, and relieving the symptoms 10y tuO-
sedatives anu anndynes, locally of generally at
ministered, which are found hy experience
be best adapted for each individual case.
DR. Beard appears to have entered upon tn
study 90 this disease in truly scientific spirit
Ho addressed circulars containing nitJ rs
quest1ns To patients and physicians in all par
Of the country, aud received replies from son
two hundred persons. In his own practice b
has perguu4Ilv "a ia,rvpi the al ntrtfeuitt