Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-15

MIR. seecher should Cheer up and Doc.
tor aimself.
From tie Jownalof CONNER CO.,


From tie ,lournal Of Conner CO.,
If life on the ocean wave, or home
on the rolling deep be impracticable,
jewellers in towns should avoid the
country" and those who reside in the
country should proceed ut once TO ''the
centre OF allarge town" or il this be out Of
the question, "the patient should remain,
If possible, within doors during the whole
OF the hay-fever seas w" Active exer-
else should be carefully avoided, and If
the sufferer ventures out OF doors ''he
should If possible, avoid the middle OF the
day" or, If obliged to sally
t hnn 49, al that lnauspiclous
by wearing spectaCles with
large frames accurately adapted
TO the circumference OF tue orbits; or u
may find some ADVANTAGE in wearing a
hat with very broad brim." As rapid
motion in the open air aggravates the
complaint, cit may be advantageous to
wear veil over the face while driving or
riding. One made OF 'three-ply' OF fine
| silk gauZe has been recommended but
| DR.. Mackenzie finds double gossamer,"
which can be had in several cOlors, an
swers the purpose In some cases. "Plug-
| glng the lachrymal ducts with glass
! rods CLOSING the nostrlls with metal
| clip" and wearing an apparatus contain
| ing carboic acid and camphor within
the uostrils, are also suggested to secure
/ comfort to the sufferer. Protected in
this way" says Dr. Mackenzie, "many
| people disposed TO hay fever escape alto.
/ gether, while others contract the disease
in very mild FORM" To his everlasting
! credit be it said, however, that he Ncag-
not recommend the glass rods and metal
clip, but be nevertheless adds, 1.-The nos
trils may be plugged (italics DR.. MackeD-
zle's) with cotton wool or waddiDg by
means of one of Gottst, in's screws. Apart
| from many other Inconvenience attend
ant upon such line OF treatment, imag
inc the tortures OF confinement to a CLOSED
chamber during the intense heat of our
| summer months; fancy the spectacle
! whicn the victim presents with his eye.
! balls covered with an unsigbtly appara-
| tus, his lachrymai ducts filed with glass
| rods, and his nOstrils plugged with cot
tOn-a form OF SecHHdUm drtem torture
! which recalls the ingenuity OF TerQuen a.
| da. But If TINS should not suffice. con-
sistence with the pollen idea may de-
J mand That other avenues he also closed,
| that the intra and eXtra-aural pressure
| he equaliz by tamponing the auditory
/ meGtus, and that, in order to avoid the
! Inevitable access of pollen to the rpspira-
tory structures which must follow the
necessary paJency OF the mouth. thai
avenue should be also peremptOrily
sealed. The experiments Of Blackley
snow that pollen grains may be retained
! in the clothing tor many weeks, and that
when let loose upon a mucous membrane
they are capable Of producing unlimited
! havoc. 1t has a so been proved TO the
satisfaction Of the pollen theorists that
| the disease may commence as an Irrita-
ton OF the skin by the ubiquitous pollen,
and il is even possible, If we follow out
| Mr.. w ilsOD's idea, that the pollen granule
! may enter the cutaneous capillaries.
But, thanks to chemistry, we have an
/ eflectual barrier to such intrusion in
shellac. AS the pollen gTanule Is one
tenth the size Of the bloOd-cOrpuscle, IL IL
readily conceivable that the means sug-
gested above may prove Intellectual, and
we therefore see no escape from enclosing
the patient in some form Of apparatus
like the diving bell, to which the air may
be conducted from the nearest mountain
top. But some capilous critic may in
quire. Nv it'll the prime ri0e thus hermeti-
caly sealed, how is the patient TO breathe
under the conditions you suggestp" This
c0nundrum has been solved by a surgical
friend OF ours, who proposes that, as the
lower respiratory tract is probably least
sensitive to the action of pollen the Ope-
ration of tracheOtOmy be perlormed-a
proposition which we cheeriully commend
10 those who follow the treatment of Mr..
BlackleY.