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Show It's Time To Get Out ! Your Handkerchief This week the hay fever season closed in on an estimated 14,000,-000 14,000,-000 Americans. The annual bout with ragweed j got underway officially Friday, August 15. As usual, doctors predicted complete victory for the ragweed. They said running away still is the only way to escape the miseries of the allergy. But even flight is getting more and more difficult, said botanist O. C. Durham. The fast-moving ragweed pollen has invaded many former sanctuaries in the north. Victims have to go farther north now to find relief, he said. Hay fever victims wna can't run away can attempt to protect themselves them-selves with handkerchiefs and per-scriptions. per-scriptions. They also can take inoculations in-oculations in an effort to reduce their suffering. None of these methods will bring more than temporary relief, physicians say. From now until the end of September the pollen of ragweed and other irritating plants will affect hay fever victims. |