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Show Poison ivy season is here again; poison oak, sumac also irritable Poison ivy season is here again. You may have handled poison poi-son ivy last year and escaped without an itch, but don't push your luck, says a pamphlet from the American Medical Association. As-sociation. No one is permanently immune im-mune to poison ivy, oak or sumac. su-mac. Your next meeting with this pesky plant could take place in your own yard, as well as in the woods and fields. Poison ivy, oak and sumac have appeared ap-peared in city gardens; and poison poi-son ivy has been known to form a beautiful growth up the side of a house. Poisonous oils from these plants can come your way in the smoke from a solvent and soapy water. Then dry them in the sun. Ivy, oak and sumac poisoning poison-ing start with itching and redness red-ness within a few hours to several days after exposure. Then watery pimples appear. There is no cure for the big itch. Wet dressings of boric acid or Epsom salts solution bring some relief. Calamine lotion lo-tion also reduces itching. Call your physician when the inflammation in-flammation is extensive. If you know that you will be near poison plans or working work-ing with them, have your druggist drug-gist make a 10 per cent sodium perborate ointment and apply on exposed skin. After contact with the plant, wash off ointment oint-ment and scrub all clothing even shoelaces. neighbor's burning trash or on your dog's coat. If you can detect poison plants you can often avoid them. Poison Poi-son ivy and its close kin, poison poi-son oak, are three-leaved plants which may grow as low bushes or climbing vines. They may be mixed with honeysuckle and other climbers. Poison sumac, an eastern swamp plant with seven to thirteen leaflets and small white berries, usually grows as a shrub. If you have been exposed, carefully romove your clothes and thoroughly wash all affected af-fected areas with warm water and soap; then sponge with a 50 to 70 per cent alcohol solution. so-lution. Using rubber gloves, clean your clothes in an oil |