Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-08-31 | Page 12 | Poison Ivy

I II I POISON IVY I IBY BY DR EDITH EDIT B B. B LOWRY During the summer r and fall taU months month when hen people love lo to rO roam the woods to close to Mother Nature one of their get zet worst enemies is pol poison on h ivy s' or poison polson oak The two plants vary considerablY I but ut are similar In effects effects' I in appearance The and in their poisonous propensities propensities latter is a short stocky plant while hUe the whose stem former is a a. climbing shrub often rises to a lL great height upon trees rocks and other objects to which which it ad adheres adheres ad ad- The fibers heres b by strong rooting leaves lea of or the poison Ivy usually are di divided divided divided di- di vided Into three leaflets each ench about four tour Inches long The leaves arc are pointed and coarsely notched along the edge while the surface is la more or less Jess downy In some Instances the leaves ate ale are five lobed so o that the plant is more liable to b be confused contused with other varieties of IV ivy The e leave leavel contain an oil which Is very irritating a arid and d poisonous to the skin akin There are a few persons who are Immune to the effect of this thia poison polson And can handle the leave leaves or chew them with no bad effects but these theo people are ue rara ra Th Tb Te majority are aro aa easily af- af a- a tete acted by contact with the te leaves leave It I is b claimed by som some that they the become pot poi poisoned by being In th the vicinity of the vine vino without actually touching It It It Itis Itis I is probable that these people really rely did come In contact with wih some leaf al although 81 a. a though It is possible that tat the poisonous matter could be carried crie by dust duet that had ha tl first t settled on the poisonous leave heaves levu and then been blown blow to the re persons person's s skin n. n The effect of ot the poison is to produce pro pro- duce duco an eruption of ot the skin which re resembles re re- eczema or even erysipelas Minute vesicles appear and the parts become become be be- come coe red and swollen There Is I considerable con con- cn itching and burning In some Dome eme abdominal ab ab- ab abdominal abdominal cases there are arc s systemic effects effects as ns pain nausea arid and ad vomiting The Te eruption ray say appear in a 8 few hours after contact with the plant or 01 not until after ater a lapse lapso of several days The race and hands are the parts usually affected first probably because they ar are more liable lable to contact with the leaves leave The poison polson may spread a to other parts pas of the body by contact A person with his hands hands' affected Is liable lable to carry carr the poison polson to his eyes or any any part of ot the body The treatment h Is first to get gt rid of ot the poison polon clinging to the parts As the poison polson Is contained In an oil 01 water will wl not wash 1 It It b off The parts should be bathed bathe with alcohol cohol or with an alkaline alkaline aka alka alka- line solution as aa ammonia water or other alkaline solution After bathing some lome soothing lotion loton should be applied as a boric acid solution or a weak solution wC of or carbolic ac acid Lead Ld wa water er la Is one of ot ac the best known remedies Ointments and oil 01 applications should not be u. u used i as a they tend ten to dissolve the poison and will wJ spread It to other parts of the b body The eruption and nd other othor symptoms usually disappear within ten days with no bad bd after ter effects Poison Polson ivy is sometimes used use a as I a drug and is very vet useful In indicated conditions conditions con con- dions in small smal doses doel