The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-11-04
FLEEING FROM POLLENS

Yesterday we published a list of hay
fever resorts as reported by the state
health officers to the president of the
American Hay Fever Protestive asso-
citation and printed in the public health
report for September "a, 1920.
This article also gave the periods OF
the spring and fall hay fever seasons
In the different states. It is true the
information is belated, but those who
are interested can clip the article n
save 1t for next year. L AVE come to
the conclusion that being belated is a
quality of those interested in hay fever,
since SO per cent. of the thousands Who
write in here about hay fever postpone
writing until they are sick or are about
due to be Sick.
The article from which I quoted also
gave the various grasses. flowers and
weeds responsible for hay fever ip the
different states. What a person is driv-
ing at when he goes to a hay fever re-
sort Is to get away from the pollens
which cause his roubl He may run
away from all pollens by going to sea,
by NARROWING himself on some seagirt
rock Or he can spend his hay fever
period in the mountains above the snow
line.
AS one runs through the list of re-
sorts he notes hat the aim Is to change
flora. Most Of the resorts are high up
IA LAC cIlOuBu lO Dc
away from the vegetation Of the section
when the disease prevails.
Another type of resort is located on
a rocky peninsula partly surrounded by
broad expanses of water. AT that. find
ing "a hay fever resort is a good deal
OF a gamble. A person hears that a
certain resort has been satisfactory to
some friend. The next Year he goes II
gets no relief.
What is the explanation? The first
man had hay fever caused by pollen
from some family Of plants not present
In arge Numbers near the resort. The
second man had a sensitiyeness to plants
which grew in some abundance near the
resort. That man lost the money he
paid for railroad fare and hotel bills
because he did not go to the bottom in
analyzing his own case.
mat was the whole story. What could
he AVE done? The proper way for him
to have proceeded was to nave had skin
tests made to determine what plants
were poisonous to him. He should than
have taken a list of hay fever causing
plants in each state such as was pub
lished in the public health reports for
September "a. 1920. and with this lis;
before him picked out the resort suited
to his case.
FOR "ANxIOUs MOTHER"
Anxious Mother writes: my little
girl Of 8 has had a navel hernia since
infancy. At 6 weeks it bied and tie
doctor satd to stop it by putting on al
eehol. At 8 months another doctor said
1T was a rupture or navel hernia. We
have kept adhesive tape on it almost
constantly, but when not bound down
1t stands out about a half inch.
Il Is a ave hernia dangerous?
y. Is there a chance of o~utgrowing
TT.
=. II net. win operation be neces-
sary7
u. II SO, Is 1t a dangerous one?
8. At what age would 1t be best to
operate, or is there any other way to
oure It?
Is q navel hernia the result Of
neglect at the time of BIRTH"
Reply.
!. Very little.
+ Yes. Binders generally bring about
3. Operation is necessary for cure Of
then neglected cases.
4 Not especially 20.
& Wait untH tie child reaches AZ
9 lei she q co-operAte.