The herald. (Big Stone City, Dak. [S.D.]) 1883-1890, 1889-11-26
no.. Is
cAllEcsktA'S POISON OK.
II Looks Pretty. but Is Not , Pleasant
fAnt to Handle.

California Ess with. IS borders ,.
.eas; ten varieties ot the oak family,
No: 70 enu1levs.e the -eS. there is ne
poison oak. which presents svarlety
Of eeulsri.ies q lis growth. sc>oTd
ING - tie location c which,. is found
Where j, has been hrovsed BY cattle
Or otherwise ''s:aD.ed' n IS growth
i. assumes the appearances a dense
shrub. ia youas plan. chances -
spring up IL geod SOIL q: the ease OF
some tail tree trunk it will clam re- up
such support in Viae-.lse fashion.
Sometimes it is found ss goods zed
tree; of.en the youus plants cover
acres az ground ard never attain % any
Gze.
But wherever found j: always
possesses oue marked att7 al,e :hs:
causes j. 10 be dreaded and avoided -
human beings. though some rud ,l.G;
is subtle poisoG has no etsec. On them.
SAYS .e San Francisco t.-ee..e- /.
IS this poisonous property Of this
variety Of eGercus thst makes il worth
while Tor al 20 Know just how - dis
.inguish the pest when TAM bling
through the woods hunting. l>lilg. or
st WORK slDnDS the trees or on recently
cleared land
First, 10 give Al idea Of how !,
"po.ons the average human who
haudle. II, i: may be said .Aa. this IS
done by the unvary victim rubbing
lis juices into the skin Of the face
while ~iping oG tho s~eat engendered
By warm days tramp ia he woods.
Attracted by its pretty tritoiia.ed
leaves. which, in the spring especially.
xf,r
sure 10 gather some 70 press as
souvenirs Not much attention is
paid. SIS ) rule. 80 the abundant sap
that exuies from the broken stem.
sap that, bv the way. VIII oe seen q
stain anything white an .ndelole
black. One goes oE completing
collection. and now and then ussa- his
handkerchief vigorously. ln ,ais way
the poison sruo b bed in. and few hours
af,ervard tie fun commences. In The
!,r., ptsee the eyellds begin 70 itch and
puffy feeling IS tel: under the sAin
about them. Then, generally. tie rex,
morair-. when the victim aaaas>, BE
finds some difficulty IN getting his eye
lids fsr enough apaFt 10 tstAe good
look a. himself II the glass Iaen.
Wien he does 50 what = fright he
finds he looks ike. Eye..as. checks.
forehead. lips. perhaps. swollen and
shiny. Eyes just seen peepins from
between par of ids al inch thlek.
and lulnpy checks IS though he had
been pounded Il = brisk se:-to with
some tistic scientist At the California
Athletic Association. Added IL this is
Al intoicrahIe itching tia, drives one
frantic. Bathing face II cod
ua,er fees good under these circum
stances. bu. when dry again soaletis;n.
cold efesm. rlsrerinc. Naseane.
laBo~. sweet oil. aasllany Of tie Kind
is app.it,s freely aud hastily.
TIE end 5 not vet. to.' tie swelling
goes OF aud h.ti- pu>,a.c> begin l.
form. caca one Of which ische> laa>t
horribly lie wrists are often al
tackled. and oring caafetl, are >aon STIR
rounded i, = rug OF irritating lite
b.is,ers Then tn-y appear between
the dn-er>. are found on the ears. es-
tend in some Eases to the whole body.
aud hang oil most pers.sientlv for a
week or mere.
OF course. remedies so-callci are
freely applied. and the writer. ,lullG.
siege from which lie has in>t re-
covered. tried the following AL ef
which we're recommended ~ those
who haa "trivi EN- Bathing in poi.-
lug water. anl ditto ii water iHa, was
- cold IS ice:' applying ~ emulsion
Of nonry>iieA.e leaves IL Chinese
, remea,) not >a.eratn> water: two oI
three spaten, remedies and the free
application # -l,eerine. Under this
treatniels: the swelling tlually began %
sub>i,!e aud lis friends began 10 reco--
n4ze hin. again. His Was not What
may be called bad case-tlat IS
ii MAS ~. considered 50 bv ene man
WHO tod him TIA. he once washed Ills
undercl clothss--he was prospecting All
alona-and hung them unwitingly on
q bush Of is oak 10 dry while he sun
ned himself on the hank. Finally he
resumed his unaer>hirt and drawers
and ia few hours thought he WAS in
hell" His condition can be better
imagined than described.
As has been said previously. some
are not affected aud others claim
that they have become .used tn j.
inoculated. as i, were and no longer
dread il, TIE McYicans believe that
il one chews the leaves. especially in
the spring. ahen the poison is the
most violent, the poison will never
affect them. Perhaps not. hu; have
found no ono vet who has tried this
preventive Those who are snprr-
sensitive 70 the poison will be affected
hy passing near q tree even. The
poison has never been isolated aS Yet
SO far as the writer knows. nor Las
auy real antdote been formulated.