El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

sages to his brain about a violent
conflict in his nasal passage. He
I sends back an order not to surrender,
/ but by this time the attacking enemy
Is reinforced by some more pollen
grains and defeat is inevitable.
Susceptibility to hay fever is a
mystery. Some people respond only
TO ragweed; others TO the pollen OF
corn and rye A great many think
! that gOldenrod Is their particular
nemesis, but science has showed that
the pollen is so heavy that II cannot
be blown any distance by the wind,
and that therefore goldenrod can
cause hay fever spasm only when
! the pollen is inhaled from the plant
itself.
weeds To BIame.
Some people are victims OF hay
fever from childhood. Many, how
ever, develop the disease later. some
as late as so years OF age. One rea-
son for this seems TO be the fact, just
mentioned, the different people are
susceptible to different plants. Thus
people whose noses would not think
OF having Mysteries over field grasses
or honeysuckle. and who are invui-
nerable TO the deadly cockleburr, may
suddenly be laid low II they travel 70
a different section OF the country
where the air is loaded with differ
eut pollen poisons.
Whether every nose is vulnerable
to some pollen toxin IS not yet known.
It IS certain that a great many people
escape bay fever only because they
never happen to get within range OF
polens which would affect them.
Once the malady attacks you. the
doctors say that you viii most likely
have Il every year at the same time
for the next decade or so. OF course
you may be able to avoid It by seek
ing out some weedless place
III
high attitudes asd on the sea coast,
do seem to be comparatively free
from Wind-bOrne pollen. Up in New
England the Fl. F. VS. have a re-
treat which they claim is completely
organized against the disease. At
the boarding houses Of fhis Village
the dining tables and parlors are bare
OF flowers. Not even artificial flow
ers bloom here, for the power OF sug-
Eestion IS strong. and. then too. arti7
fetal flowers are great collectors OF
dust No dancing IS allowed in the
hotels lest dust start some on sneez-
ing and bring on an epidemic OF
kerchoos- The swiftest growing
weeds scarcely get their leaves above
ground IN the neighborhood before
they are destroyed.
A sneezeIess city.
In this specially treated atmos-
pnere the convention OF hay feverites
meets yearly. There Is a good deal
OF fun. for the delegates can see the
humor OF hay fever-as exemplified
IN their fellow delegates. The main
purpose OF the cenv enti0n is. how /
ever. serious Talks on remedies are ]
given, and experiences are exchanged, /
There are about so cures on the /
market ranging from the really bene- !
iiciaI TO the dangerous. Some OF the 4
remedies with the best records for /
cures contain enough cocaine OF
morphine TO make drug addicts Of the I
persons taking them. For this rea-
son the hay fever brotherhood always
advises members TO take nothing
without first consulting a reliable
physician
Pollen Toxin Developed
The most Important development in
treatment Of hay fever in recent years
s the pollen toxin. About Is years
lgo, a German scientist named Dun
ar inoculated horses with the toxin
rom the grass pollen. from the coun-
er poisons which developed ne OBJ
aimed q serum, which he found TO be
leneficial in preventing hay fever and
n arresting irritation in persons al
eadT suffering from t.
Since then, Dunbar's experiments
ave been carried further, and toxins
ave been produced from various COM
.inations Of pouens- In some cases
hese toxins have cured the patient
or the entire season Then again.
10 improvement occurred, possibly