Vernal Express | 1934-03-22 | Page 6 | Seeking Poison-Ivy Cure

SEEKING POISON IVY CURE hundreds or of pounds of poison ivy leaves and bark have hare been used in experiments during the last three years by scientists of wesson university ver sity middletown conn who mho under the direction of prof 0 albert are seeking a remedy for the poison they have learned that the poison to la a substance that does docs riot not vaporize hence it la Is impossible to become pol poisoned except by actual c contact with the plant or an object that has been in contact with it some of the poison hns has been sent to canada for study toy by the national Ite bount 11 tatie r litter international ter national co has tome come froni from a japanese che chemist inist who has haa discovered that tile lac one of tile substances forming shel shellac lne la Is a chemical ti nillar to ivy poison in structure though different in effect lac jac Is produced by an insect literary digest