Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-10
Health Talks by Dr.. Brady
ANYTHING nuf unY

Queer. isn't IT, how old Ideas stick long
after wc have found them wrong? Thus n
great many people. poorly edu-
Gated doctors. stili speak of tho skin pores
being open closed just as our grRndfathcrs
did before the noncntity OF pores" dc m
"ns'rateh by m!scroscopical study Of the skin.
Hay fever. for instance. Is caused hy al
most anything hut hay Now that's strange.
isn't it, hch?
There Is a kind Of hay fever which visits the
victim in the spring months and along up until
nearly hayinE time, which is caused by the
pollen OF grass. various grasses. in fact. such
as June grass, sometimes redtop. sometimes
blu" grass. sometimes sweet vcrnal grass In
tho Middle West. and possibly. in rare IN
stances even by old timothy hay. But tim
is more honored in tho breech than the OBJ
sNrvanc" so far as general poliinosis or hay
fever is concerned Probably less than l per
cent OF all outSpokcn hay fever cases are due
to timothy.
summer hay fever. which begins some time
in June, whether summer has arrived or not.
and extends along to tho latter part Of Septem-
her. IL never caused by hay. though haying
timc ought to be just tho time for il. hey?
summer hay fever is generally caused by pol
lens from tho various varieties OF dock. goose
foot and arnaranths Summer hay fever isn't
such "A tremendous success as the spring and
autumn kinds y summer hay fever victim
is mere pikcr, far the vchemence or
virtuosity OF his symptoms ar. concerned.
The fail type OF hay fever begins early
as tnt Iast OF August ana languiSheS until
the first frost. This is the genuine thing, in
all except the hay. There is hay about
tho fall fever, What tho fall guy can. match
in tho way Of symptoms t. scarcely worth
recording He packs a wicked sncczc. The
most common cause Of fall hay fever is rag
weed pollen. Ragwccl Is ono OF the dccora-
tive plants OF "unimproved'' parcels of
more or Jess real estate in cities nd the waste
places along the Roadside" and under the
fences in tho country. There several
varieties OF ragwccd working overtime on
the hay fever job small or trlal-sIzc variety.
medium size and a giant rarwced or hos
pital size in tho West Rut don't let these
variations in size mislead you about tho effect
Of tho ragwcrds In action; like babies.
times tnc smaller they the more trouble
ana expense they cause Possibly the
size OF the pollen grains may have something
to do with the severity Of tho hay fever: and
that is, the larger poIlcns less likely to
set up trouble than the very minute pol
lens But here again can draw no conclu-
produce the meancst little pollen grains
ina ginable. and grains covered with little
prcking spikes at that, The form Of the pol-
len grains floating in tho air is mpor-
tant, for smooth globmlar pollcns arc less fire.
qucrtly responsible for hay fever than are
irregular or spiny surfaced grains.
Any physician anywhere may treat hay
fever victims with appropriate pollen extracts
with fair success for immunization ar
treatment is commenced six weeks before the
usual date of the annual attack) and in severc
cases. for the relief Of the attack.