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Show 1 v DBlrdDOIZl nQomc3 - dldOtt- Written informally, nevertheless this article gives you important details OLA GLADYS HYLTON Dr. ?. H. : YOU ARE ONE of the million and a half people in the United States who has a known allergy to house dust, you will realize what it means to try to . escape from a broom. To a person who does not have a hypersensitive reaction to house dust, it is difficult to comprehend the extent, seriousness and discomfort aroused by undue exposure to dust In spite of the fact that there ars numerous numer-ous and sundry gadgets On the market for cleaning and sweeping, my Pappy will have rone of them. Now the fact that one of the people in the house is allergic to house dust is to Pappy just a lot. of poppy-cock! What could his innocent and rapid-fire broom have to do with that? .Well practic-ally practic-ally nothing, except to gather and scatter dust more uniformly, where the victim will be sure to have it thrown in her way and Cannot possibly avoid it Her doctor declares that, "The benefit derived from, treatment will be directly proportional to dust avoidance." Pappy says, "Pooh! I never heard of allergy." . Having this chance thrust at us, we promptly prompt-ly appraised Pappy of the fact that the word "allergy" was added to the medical nomenclature in 1906 by Clemens von Pirquet, an Austrian Pediatrician. . But Pappy's retort was, "Why should I care about a foreigner who discovered a new word? At this point, we acquainted him with some of the literature on the suoject and pointed out significant points. Among these: ''that allergy i, an altered reaction, a response occurring in individuals, individ-uals, characterized by local tissue swelling and smooth muscle spasm. The response occurs to substances not causing difficulty in the average person." This did not satisfy Pappy. He is much more thorough. "So!", says he, "How do people become allergic?" Hoping that hi. interest was genuine and not. just contempt for a new idea, we were encouraged to. give more detail,. Allergies run in families," we quoted authorities, au-thorities, "although you do not have to have antecedents having an allergy to become be-come allergic-yourself. The stronger the allerg.c history in th, f,mily mQr likely the offspring will have it " Heredity i, not , subject in which he Place, much credence, ,o he promptly threw back hi, favcrite word, "Poppy-cock!" In spu of Pappy', disbelief, allergists" That "!Ud,6d many have fcHl that . if both parent, have allergies, the likelihood of the children having it U seventy-five percent. Three out of four children, sometime in their life, will have it. In a unilateral history, the chances of. children having it wiu be .jy p(lrcent Heredity has something to do with the potentiality of allergy. Also the chance' exposure to potent allergies will be a factor in developing allergic reactions as well as re-exposure to substance and absorption. Numerous investigators point out that manifestations man-ifestations of allergic disease can affect any tissue or organ or group of tissue, and organs, and that the degree of reaction will depend on exposure to the substance. Just try to make Pappy believe that' But Pappy wanted to know, "How can anybody any-body be smart enough to find out whether an individual has allergy and to what he is allergic?" . , We still didn't know whether he was really concerned. But it was worth taking-a taking-a chance. "Allergists place great import, ance on careful history taking and consider this the first essential step. Then, they do complete examinations for physical find- "s.. inese are substantiated by laboratory tests, blood studies, and skin tests. They follow certain routines, sorted out from the history, to find the exciting cause." John Sheldon. Trnivar.it,, r u. -1VJU.-U1- gan Medical School, points out that, "It is' worthwhile to re-emphasize the part which effective anti-dust measures may play in preventing symptoms in patient " . Allergist, believe that the best result, will be obtained by patients who have been told all of the source, of house dust, and then given thorough instructions in preparation prepar-ation and maintenance of a dust-free room. Not only are instruction, given verbally, but Dr. .Sheldon recommends that they be written also. Experience ha, shown that patients may get along fairly well with the dust normally encountered during the day if they have . place to retreat af night for a good sleep. Therefore, much emphasis i. placed on a dust-frea room for sleeping. Dr. Sheldon advises that someone other than the patient should prepare the dust-free dust-free room. He suggests a small room from which everything should be. removed. -tlosets should be emptied and all open-mg, open-mg, in the room ,uch as radiator pipes, air vent, and cracks in the wall should be sealed. Window, should be kept closed in cold weather as well as in .summer, if the individual is sensitive to pollen also. Only absolutely necessary furniture should be moved back into the room after it i, clean ed. The room should be kept as bare , as possible. Pillows, mattresses, and box springs must be covered with anti-dust covers. Everything on the bed must be washable and washed often to eliminate dust We puzzled over the broom-swishing, trying to find some way to stop it This, we concurred, was really a serious problem. prob-lem. To recognize the problem was not enough. It was crying for a solution! We couldnt change Pappy's routine. That was too precious. We couldn't hide the broom because we knew he would ferret it out, and beside,, our purpose would be too obvious, r But we had to get Pappy's cooperation. co-operation. Finally, we settled on the idea of playing a game. We would try it for ore month and' then evaluate results. If the patient improved, Pappy, for losing the game would forfeit the use of his precious broom in the house. If the patient did not improve, then he could return to his broom with new vim and vigor.' Pappy took to this idea like a duck to water. Now he was going to be an essential member of the household whose activities would spiral to the top in significance. The doctor had said, "In order to test out the effectiveness of the dust-free program, pro-gram, during the first few weeks, the patient should be over-zealous in adhering to the regime. Therefore, she- should not be in the room when it was cleaned.? . That edict suited Pappy down to the ground. He is home all day and we aren't, so naturally, he saw the crucial opening. He would get to clean the room. First, he called for the instruction,. He read the cleaning procedure, pro-cedure, then he set to work. This went on for twn nuva i,. according to instructions, the third week, Pappy could relax a little from his daily going-over and make it twice a week. While floor coverings had not been allowed up to that time, now he could add washable rag rugs. This gave him added zest It was something to take outside and shake vigorously, daily. Immediately with this impetus, hi, routine took on new interest. He had acquired new and important chores. His cleaning job was simplified by the fact that the allergist had reiterated, "Do not have the room contain heavy draperies, Jit pictures, upholstered or overstuffed fun ture, books, clothing, furs, comforters u endless other dust-eatherine- - artlcln1 Pappy was beginning to enjoy this gar w V His thoroughness came to the front gave it everything. At any point when t patient began to relax on the rigidity the regime, Pappy began quoting allergist. This game had really put new Den Pappy. According to our agreement, it w now time to appraise the results. He couf see for himself that the patient had it proved markedly. She did not cough j wheeze, had no discomfort, and slept t( night through. He had moved his precioi old broom out to the garage in a prU location so that he could see it from tl window, there waiting for him to sw the drive and sidewalks when he ready. He had taken his new . responsible well. He conceded, in scoring the gam that we won by having the patient ij lieved of symptoms. He had let us J miw wMLiia ui un uraum out ne also M won. He had the upper hand, new tl sponsibilities, new fun and a new idea s the age of ninety-two. He would see ti it from here on in, that the patient wouli stick to the letter of instruction from ttii I . doctor. As a member of the household f he had solved the problem of the' battl of the broom in a manner satisfactory t him, to the patient and to all of us V, is ' ' o i If No, no don't say that nasty thing when the ice tray sticks in the refrigerator! Just heat a spatula, such as you Usually use to flip pancakes, and slip it under the ice tray. The tray win loosen easily and slip out. .. ' ai. W,hen fry'" fiah or meat, cover the frying pan with a colander turn-ed turn-ed upa.de down. The Hole, in the colander w.ll permit the ateam to eacape so that the food will brown but ao that .the greaee will not .pat-ter .pat-ter on the. atove. ' . ' Sharpen the flavor of baked apple, with a peppermint stick slipped into the core just before you- slide them into the oven. . .The peraon who doea odd bit. of dry-cleaning at home can eliminate """" handa and reduce the .chance, of tearing clothing item, if he w.re potato masker ia uaed aa the pnger it genUy forcea flu.d through the cloth, and keepa the hands dry. '.'' To retain shape and avoid wrinkles, put each garment on a separate hanger. Hanger, Hang-er, covered with a rough fabric, such as velveteen, will keep clothes from slipping. . ' .J What, to do with that recipe card during the preparation and cooking periodthat', often the question. Ihere. e.,y an.wer, that holda the recioe card in full view at all time.. Fir.t, pIace a fork , a k;t, chen glass, tine-end up. Then'.lide the card down between the tine,d " e altwo outside tinea on one) aide ef: PPPular the card, and the two center tinei r?".s an( on the other aide of the card), 1 Thi. holder also help, keep f ood1 -most, i stain, off the card, because it doeiu-i to be not have to be touched. temp e ; adequat When taking down stove-pipes, place 17 and paper bag over both ends,' and the soot ; will not blow out into the room during tin process. e A celluloid window in a .hat boi will help the owner find the desired '1 1 BAS 1 ' ,'i cu fpr. M 2 CI 2t 1PT 1 Ubl 13- -Swl I cups ei -: r 3li ' t J "v St Soften J f ( id . milk, J3 k- -Xj afctura ti ' V Til ; sotxture, t 1 f Aid tofte te main bat without having to take Ihm bo" out "1 down off th. ahelf. a.S of th. Is there a suit in your closet that is mlrt getting shiny with wear, but which is sajlil, worth keeping. That shine can be removli bal if you will first, wet a piece of broi 'JSr4$ paper with warm vinegar. Then put this ht on moist pacer over th shin j ,.. IW0 1-P With A hi 1M XT I. - . . "mi, raise me piece 01 1 nir paper while the cloth is steaminir and brush 1 BAji the clcth with a stiff-bristled brush, against the nap. New life will come to the fabric |