Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-07 | Page 4 | Dozen Ways to Cure Hay Fever Are Described by U. of Illnois Savant; Change of Face Powder One Method

Dozen Ways to Cure Hay Fever Are Described by U U. of Illinois Savant Change of Face Powder One Method College Discover Treatment Depends on off Each Patient By Br United Press Frets CHICAGO Dec 7 A I A dozen ways to cure hay fever discovered during a clinic at the University of Illinois research hospital were described to today today today to- to day by Dr B Z pathologist pathologist pathologist gist at the university's college of med med- Among the cures listed were Change the brand of face powder you use Dont Don't use a 0 feather dust dust- duster or sleep leep leepon on a feather bed Have your Infected teeth pulled Dont Don't eat anything containing eggs ew or mills milk or meat or whatever your particular foot bane proves to beDont beDont beDont be Dont Don't wear anything made out of silk or live In a house where there are aTe silk sills furnishings If you prove to be J silk sUk 11 INDIVIDUALIZED DISEASE J Dr made It clear that no one cure Is applicable in more than thana t ta a a. limited number of cases He said Mid hay fever is an individualized c dis disease disease s. s ease eare requiring Individual diagnosis 1 and treatment His comments were based on results of the clinic during which dozens of men women and children sufferers from hay fever underwent tests Many people think hay fever is a condition which occurs only In August August August Au Au- gust and September when pollen Is Isn fn n the air said Dr They have not heard of another t type ype PC that occurs all the year around This year all type is caused by any anyone anyone anyone one of hundreds of substances to which some people may become sen un- These things are harmless to most individuals but to the susceptible person they may cause hay fever o or asthma If It the affected person will wil search in his family history he will find that this tendency to get hay fever Is his by Inheritance AFFECTED Dr estimated the number number num num- ber her of persons in the United States who have hay fever caused by weed and flower pollen at H He said there were persons In Chicago Chi cago sago alone for whom the period from mid-August mid to October is 15 one of suffering suffering suf suf- fering and severe Illness He cited several cases of or the all aU year the-year around type as displayed ai t at atthe the clinic A woman who sneezed constantly constant while In the house was as cured when all aU the feathers were taken from beds and everything else In the house hous containing feathers was removed Two sisters who had had asthma 14 years were ere benefited when they the ceased wearing an anything made of silk sUk and silk all house furnishings were wen removed Injections of or silk solutions made them practically well A girl who had bad hay fever constantly constant ly recovered after she changed herbrand herbrand her herbrand brand of face powder Orr Orris root I the tho kind she was using caused the hay fever POLLENS INJECTED Treatment for the hay fever fe sufferer sufferer sufferer suf suf- ferer is no longer an experiment said wd Dr It Is not necessary necessary sary for him to run away from his affliction by going to the mountains or on a n sea ea voyage or to other places where the weeds causing his trouble da do not nov grow crow The treatment consists of tion under the skin gradually of or increasing increasing in tn- creasing doses es of of pollens to which tho the Individual is sensitive By gradually gradually grad grad- wally Increasing the dose a res resistance resistance resist resist- tance t- t ance is de developed eloped to the pollen I Dr rt said Mid he expected ventilating engineers to develop a means of filtering air entering homes so no pollen can enter thus making a home a safe place for the hay fever sufferer I