The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-02-26
(Copyrisht. 1914. By A. s GssyD
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known as hay fever" rose cold"
"autumnal catarrh." and so forth. is
. condition characterized annually by
paroxysms Of sneezing. accompanied
BY varying degrees OF coryza tcold In
the head more or less prolonged. II
10 acute catarrhal Inflammation OF the
mucous membrane OF the nasal cavi.
ties. the eyes and the respiratory
tract. sometimes accompanied with
fever and asthma.
Hay fever RACES during August
and September. and the popular belief
10 that the pollen Of the goldenrod Is
responsible for It; but ragweed, trees.
grasses and other plants. including the
cereal grains, also cats, dogs, sheep.
chickens. horses and cows all do their
part In adding to the atmospheric dust
10 which so many are representative.
Besides these dusts, chemical fumes
and many pungent odors also have
their victims. But IL is not necessary
to the condition that even the irri-
tant should enter the nose. FOR exam
pie. there are probably few persons
who have not under certain temporary
physical conditions experienced sneez-
ing violently several times immediate
ly on stepping from a dense shade
into the bright sunlight-that is a re.
fex Irritation and unfortunately
many individuals are so adjusted that
under certain conditions the irritation
Of any area supplied by the fifth
nerve suffices to create distress:
hence, a bright light entering the
eyes may irritate the hyperesthetic
ciliary nerve filaments and for long
time maintain reflex symptoms In the
nose.
In addition to the dust. light. heat.
cold and other external agencies,
there are more immediate local irrita-
tons 80 frequently to be found In the
neurotics, consisting of turbinal en-.
largements. ethmoid, frontal or maxil.
larry sinusitis. DETECTED septum. polypi
and eyestrains. But generally these
must be considered concomitant TO the
fundamental physical condition and
not the immediate cause OF the exp.o.
siuns Many a patient has been treat.
ed and operated upon with = view to
the removal Of the irritation through
the correction of one or more OF these
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sene'ahs accep'ed 'hat ohiy
wv ., ee are necessary LOT the
ea'Sa.'on VI nay ,e'er' namely. hfst'
gu "e'"s' oohu'''on M"ich VIII IN
s"'o "A ~oho' MAJ CONSTITUENCIES OF Tue
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me strons' wen hourished organism
10 noe us rule excessively irritable !:
put' on the o'her hand' the Internal
coha'''on OF abnormal sensitiveness IL
known 10 oe induced easily as the re-
SUIT OF directive metabolism creating
physical state OF excessive suscepi'
bllity IN the individual, a condition
generally recognized as a common
cause OF areas OF superficial hyper.
esthesia and even OF neuralgia In va.
rious parts OF the body; a general dis.
turbance OF the normal functional equi.
librium' under which condition the
Individual reacts violently TO stimuli.
We take II quite as matter OF
course. because II Ia universally
known. that an III nourished or Q
hungry baby will be fretful and pee
'ish' and we are not ut all surprised at
very marked evidence Of irritabiiity In
eonvalescent formerly noted for gen.
eral calmness and self possession.
Hence II should require no great
strain or stretch Of ones imaginative
powers TO be able to apply the same
principle to the individual cells com.
posing our bodies and TO comprehend
that the nsurotic temperament Is fund.
amentaily . matter Of defective
metsbolism. because OF which the In.
disiduai cells are not properly nour.
ished. The universal remedy for .
fretful insant IL proper nutrition: the
universal remedy for the irritable con.
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