The Washington times., 1929-01-02
SERUM Of
POLLEN
USED
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

By JAMES IL. hALSALLaSN
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 U.N.Sl-
Scientific research has revealed that
hay fever--that annoying affection
of the mucous membrane OF the
eyes and nose that annually makes
life miserable for millions of Amer
lean sufferers-can be prevented by
incubation.
This information was disclosed
today by DIR. r. P. Wodehouse, of
New York, one of the noted Scien-
fists attending the seven-day session
of the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science.
Hay fever can be prevented by
inoculating the sufferers with ex-
tracts of pollen grains which cause
the affection" DIR. Wodehouse de-
clared. Although the symptoms Of
hay fever belong to summer, now
Is the time to take preventive
treatment. Specific tests to learn
the plants which cause people to
contract hay fever need to be made
in winter or early spring"
LIS Not = Fever
DIR. Wodehouse has been observ-
ing under the microscope at the
New York Botanical Garden the
peculiarities Of the minute dustelike
pollen which causes hay fever and
today informed international News
Service of the result Of his investf
cations.
HAY fever is not fever. and it
is not caused by hay said DIR.
W0dehouse teThe real cause of
hay fever is the fine dust-like pollen
grains OF various plants that float
around in the air, get into peoples
noses and set no irritation.
''The fragrance of flowers, the
smell or hay and number Of
other things haYe been blamed for
the cause OF hay fever. Fragrant
flowers seem to aggrayGte hay
fever, but do not cause it.
ITO cause trouble the pollen needs
to be light enough to be carried by
the wind. Many plants. like grasses
and ragweeds, have little incon-
spicuous greenish flowers. In these
the dust.1iks pollen which is neces
sary to fertilize the flowers and
cause the setting of the seed, is
light and is carried from one flower
to another by the wind. !"
Got Many Ways
Or, Wodehouse declared that not
ali sufferers from hay fever are
affected BY the SANS kinds OF
pollen.
Some people get the naIady II
early spring and this ID apt to be
due To the pollen or trees such as
birch and elm" he said. Others
suffer IN June, from the so-called
rose cold. y
Microscopic examination revealed
that each pollen grain il 9. minute,
rounded, one-celled body, which
varies greatly in size and shape. 1T
has d taickened outer skin, in
which there are one or more thin
spots 20 facilitate gerYnina ton.
The number, size and shape Of the
gerininal pores OF the pollen grains
differ in different kinds Of plants.
Study OF hay fever, according TO
DR.. Wodehouse. sshas opened up
new fields in the study Of botany
itseIf."
Closes This Evening
The convention Of the American
Association for this Advancement OF
SClSNe9 Will GUIALS W g GA0SG Ills
evening. The next session win be
held in about one year In Des
Moines, Iowa. Many OF the dele
gates were returning to, their homes
this morning and only q few depart
mental meetings were held today.
No definite action was taken by
the university and college professors
on the charges that efforts were
made by the power lobby to utilize
professors for propaganda purposes.
Prof. w. w. Cook, Of Johns Hop
kins University, chairman OF the
committee on resolutions Of the As
ISOLATION of University Professors,
reported that ''after careful con-
sideration Of all phases of the prob
lem of the investigation Of the Fed
eraI Trade Commission concerning
the efforts to utilize college teachers
for propaganda purposes" the COM
mittee decided to put the matter up
to the council "for consideration"
''It was pointed cut that the IN
vestigation of the Federal Trade
Commission els not yet closed and
evidence in rehuttal of the charges
has not vet been offered"