Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
"cuRING" 1922 HAY FEVER.

"CUklNO l9IL f1A1 rGNGN.
The letters are pouring in from
people who are suffering from hay
fever. 1.-THE devil is sick, the { il
a monk would be-" There is not
much l can write them. sc far as re-
lief for this year is concerned.
They can take calcium chloride
or calcium lactate for the remainder
OF this hay fever season. with some
degree of relief. Some 81 them will
get temporary relief from the use
of adrenalin and local applications
of one sort or another ] hope none
of them will jump from the frying
pan into the fire and pull up at the
end Of the season with the cocaine
or morphine habit.
The time to begin treatment for
hay fever is in the spring. DR..
Chandler Walker says in New Eng
( land those who are subject to the
spring variety Of hay fever frequent
ly called rose cold should begin the
preventive treatment the first week
In March. Those subject to the usual
OF August variety Of hay fever should
begin treatment the last week In
April.
These are seasonal diseases, and
the New England seasons do not
come on coincidentally with the sea-
sons elsewhere. 1t follows that the
dates for the beginning of treatment
differ in the different sections of the
| country.
Before the treatment is begun the
skin should be tested to discover
which pollens are responsible. There
| is no reason for delaying this testing
!
! tendency to procrastitnate we might
forget it or put it off until too late.
| Why not have that carried out this
discomfort is still with us?
While reports have been made on
the pollens chiefly responsible for
hay fever and rose cold in several
/ sections of the country, it does not
follow that a given individual in any
section is affected by the prevailing
harmful pollen Of section. There
| fore preventive inoculations based on
the usual or expected cause may fall
! in given case. Exposure to ami
mails, stable odors, fur dust, face
powders, or the eating of fruits--any
one Of these may be the cause in a
given exceptional case.
The preventive treatment. accord
ing to DR.. Walker, consists of five
or six injections Of one to 500 di-
! luton OF pollen extract. In many
cases IA 1noculations are required.
The injections are given hypodermi-
Cally. at intervals of one week. If the
treatment has been wei, begun be-
| fore the season starts it can be con-
tinued with advantage during the
season. Therefore person who for
got about it in April can begin dur
ing May or June with moderate hope
OF success. However. If he postpones
1t until August he might as we'll
spare himself the trouble and ex-
pense Of preventive treatment.
In New England 90 per cent of
the rose colds are due to timothy
pollen and 80 per cent of the August
| nay fever to ragweed pollen.
Brown Skin Gradually,
w. e. L. writes: II have been told
that rubbing linseed oil on arms and
legs before bathing at the seashore
and after the bath to rub on alcohol
would prevent sunburn and instead
brown the skin. Do you think this
is a safe thing to do?"
REPLY.
1t is safe thing to do, but I think
It will prove ineffective. You are
right in trying to brown your skin
without blistering. If you have the
time brown your skin by short ex-
posures. AS soon as the skin is we'll
| Drowned you can expose yourself for
a long time without burning. Why
| rot brown your skin by short ex-
| posures to light and wind before
YOU go to the seashore? Exposure
/ away from the beach is less apt to
Ulster. Last week | saw a professor
OF hygiene in a great university. He
! was burned to the shade of a Moor.
He Keeps his skin of this hue by ex-
posure at home.