The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-16
pngyALENCE on M FEYER.
The Disease said 10 be Less Genera
Thnn In Former Years.

The Disease said 10 be Less General
Than in Former Years.
New York Tribune,
1t has been reported in various quarter
that hay fever is not 80 prevalent rs llsua
this year, and that many annual sufferer
from this annoying disease have not beer
compelled to make their customary jauntl
to the mountains or the sea in order to cs.
cape their longtime enemy. A Tribune
reporter nsked DR.. HlOnzo Clark yester.
day whether there WIS Ony foundation FOL
the report.
"IRln not informed NuthOritatively," he
replied, "tlat hay fever Is not prevalent
this summer. | have several patients who
usually suffer from It, md they are by the
produced by the pollen Of certain plants
and M plants are u little tickle In their
growth possibly they are not 30 abundant
this year but OF TINT ! know nothing. One
Of these plants is Ambtosia ArtemesiG
Folia, which Is sometimes called hogweed,
or ragweed. The pollen cirCttlntes In the
atmosphere Of u city, ns has been demon.
strated. Pieces Of glass covered with glyCcr.
Inc and then exposed TO the air have utter.
ward been found coated with pollen. Has
fever varies, In regard TO Its preyl.
lence, In different years, and In d
particular city will depend on The
wind and still more on the productiyeness
Of the plants in that part Of the country.
The only. cure for hay fever is. TO get into an
atmosphere where this pollen IL not found,
bat tile cltre will not be permanent. The
disease will return the following year,
There are, however, only n few persons
who suilCr FROM Il. II yo,l will iell me
why one man lias pneumonia and another
has not, | will explain why hay fever Is
confined to asnali class. Il depends ,ipon
Apcrsot's constitution and susceptibility.
Children are less subject to itthan adults.
The disease resembles Il bad cold. II IL an
inflammation Of the nuctis membranes Of
the eyes, nose and throat, aud Ii simply an.
hoylRg."
Where Is the pollen found near New
York;"
'tn New Jersey It grows In abundance.
] have often ruiz across II while out shoot.
Ing. The plant producing Il may have
laliCd this year for lack Of moisture. After
q harvest the fields arc generally full Of Il.
The power Of pollen to spread' Is limited
and il finally falls to the ground. The sea
and mountain regions, particularly the
White Mountains, afford relief. Al fire
Island, also, the disease Is said not 10 man.
liest ITSELF"
at Is said that Henry Ward Beecher has
been able to ioregn Ills annual trip to the
White Mountains this summer. How
would you account for his escape from lay.
i!ver9"
al would give three reasons: Mr., Beech.
or may have outllved Ills susceptibility 10
the disease; he may have been 10 the noun.
tainsin other years when he did not know
whether he *otld have the.disease or not;
or the plants that cause.-the fevet may have
been produced, as | have said, III less
abundance this wear"
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