The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-20
HAY FEVER SEASON
LEAVING ITS MARK

IL local census were taken a con-
siderable number of the human pop
ulation would be found suffering
from hay fever. While the disease
or affiiction--if of the summer, its
reach their peak during the month
OF August. with its dry heat and dry
winds. Concerning 1t doctors are di-
vided in their opinions. In justice
to the profession the majority of
practitioners do not encourage the
hope of cure. combining their views
to the belief that relief by local
means may be provided. but beyond
that. when the hay fever season rolls
around, the victims must make up
their minds to grin and bear it.
The person suffering the tortures of
the damned from hay fever gets
but seanty sympathy from the person
who for some reason or other Is i'm
mune. The latter looks upon the
sneezing victim as an unfortunate
weakling who should overcome the
trouble and behave. He fails ut
terly to realize that In time hay
fever subject becomes an irresponsi-
Bile individual, physically unfit and
mentally out of balance and gener-
ally inefficient. From six to eight
weeks during the hot months of days
given to streaming eyes. dripping
nostrils and homeric coughing. and
nights passed in vain endeavor to
sleep between the periods of weeping.
sneezing. coughing and gasping for
breath tend to undermine the physi-
cal health and moral responsibility
of the afflicted person. BY interior
ing with the nights sleep of the rest
OF the family he gets in bad with the
home circle, and by reporting for
work while looking like the flag end of
a months drunk and feeling like it he
is in equally bad with the boss. The
subject Is too serious to joke about.
Scientific individuals are studying
the subject and endeavoring TO corral
the particular cause and provide i'm
munity 1t has been determined that
what causes hay fever in one person
will not cause IL in another, and vice
versa. 1t is said that serum treat
ment Is proving effective, and the
remedy sounds reasonable. A recent
number of the Scientific American
contains a comprehensive article on
the horrors of and remedies for hay
fever by learned professional man,
and the Pathfinder, a sane and seri-
ously-minded publication, reproduces
the same article in condensed form
under the caption Hope for the Sum-
mer Sneezer" 1t offers a ray of en-
enlargement that perhaps science is
at last on the verge of discovering the
way to eliminate this worldwide
scourge.
Persons afflicted with hay fever
rose colds and similar warm-weather
ailments stand a good chance of being
cured II certain medical experiments
are an indicat'o on, says the article In
question 1t has been found that In
oculation with a certain vaccine made
up of pollens OF plants which induce
TIE sneezing will bring immediate
or ultimate relief This modern APP
plication OF the ancient remedy OF
"a hair of the dog that bit you" Is also
said to work well in other cases OF
queer and unusual poisonings.
Literally, cat hair. dog hair, chick.
en- feathers and similar things, as
well as pollens of all sorts of trees
from the ash to the willow; grains
and weeds and many foodstuffs are
equally guilty of poisoning suscepti-
BILE persons in one way or another
Certain individuals are affected by
certain things. whether these entei
the system through the mouth OIL
nose. The symptoms are usually
bronchial or asthmatic, often bring
ing on a slight fever with skin erup
lions. The experiment tends to show
that increasing doses Of the offend
ing protein, II injected into the sys
TEN. will establish immunity dag
nosis Is made by scratching the Skin
slightly. not enough to draw blood
and rubbing thereon a dilute prepa
ration of the suspected matter to SCI
II 1t has any effect Sometimes it 4
necessary to try out many of tn