The Washington times., 1922-07-30
Women 'SC[|N|C
READY TOF|CHT
HAYFEvER WAR.
Research Discloses Ailment Is
Hereditary-Working Girls
Treated at Cost.

Asthma and hay fever, classed as
the most serious nonfatal diseases.
are largely due,to transmitted heredi-
tary tendencies, and. therefore, con
stitute one of the most menacing ot
mankind's ailments today, local
physicians declare.
Because Of the seriousness of the
diseases, the Woman's Welfare Asso-
citation has opened, at its new head.
quarters, 1922 Eleventh street nortl:.
west, one OF the finest clinics in the
United States for fighting asthma,
hay fever and similar respiratory dis
eases.
Aid Future Mothers.
This clinic was established for
women and girls only, and Is lie.
signed especially for the treatment OF
young girls of the working class.
Through its clinic the association Is
conducting a fight to eliminate
asthma in future mothers and SO
wipe out its hereditary tendency in
the next generation.
The tendency to asthma, II Is
stated by physicians in charge of the
clinic, is generally transmitted
through the mother. In 80 per cent
of all cases so far handled by the
clinic, the patients mother or close
relative on the mothers side was
sufferer from the same trouble.
The seriousness Of the trouble lies
largely in the fact that for three or
four months out of each year the
sufferer is rendered practically in
capable of carrying on any occupa.
ton and is in agony for the greater
part Of the time.
Among the cases handled by the
clinic is that of one Washington
woman who has suffered severely
from asthma every summer for forty
years. She confidently expects a
complete cure this summer. and the
physicians say she is well on her way
to achieving II and will doubtless SIC.
ceed in warding off the annual attack
this year.
The attacks can be prevented by
suitable number Of injections Of
the proper antidote prior TO the
beginning OF the season. physicians
have found. There must be from
sixteen to eighteen injections made
from five days TO week apart.
The "raRweed" season begins about
August l6 and this Is the approx
innate date when susceptible per
sons begin to sneeze and weep and
look upon the dark side of life.
a,,ab zoe, Pessiblsf Causes. al, -
One OF the big problems I'm treat.
ing the disease is the location cf
the cause. The pollens uf more
than $50 plants found in the Dis
tr;cC cf Columbia cause the trouble
and, in addition. the dust frUm
feathers or furs, or certain fu"ds,
cause the affliction in some people.
OF the more than 200 POSSIBLE
causes the one which is causing
the trouble must be located before
preventative steps can he undeI-
taken. This is done by placing
solutions containing the various
probable substances on minute
scratches made on the skin Of the
patient. The substance causing the
trouble makes itself manifest by a
local irritation. resembling mos
quito bite. Th,c Infection Is the
one which must b~fought against.
Often a score or more Of tests
must be made before the cause
can be located. At one OF the
clinics this week a little girl eleven
years old who had been suffering
from asthma for six years. was
tested simultaneously with fourteen
separate solutions, none of which
had any effect. She must r,.um
for additional tests until the proper
solution is found.
The clinic is conducted at tNe
Eleventh street building on Tues.
day and Thursday afte hoong oG
each week from 4 to 6 p. IN. Pa.
tIents are given. expert rrestment
10y leading authC rites at the lowrst
possible costs.
The woman's Welfare Associa.
Ton clinic is the second ~ it's
kind to open in Washington and
i" already one Of the most success.
ful in the county: L asst Thus.
day afternoon, despite a heavy
dCwnpour Of rain, thirty-nine rs.
tiCnts re eIponded for Treatment.
The other Cali ic was opened last
year at Emergency Hosp al and
furnishes an opportunity for mae
patients to secure treatment, though
women are also treated there.