| Show antitoxin for hay fever the real cause of hay fever that disagreeable and puzzling form of summer affliction Is claimed to have been discovered by the of plant industry of the department of agri culture to be more correct the dis covery was not made by this bureau but its experts have confirmed a theo ry as to the cause of this disease put forward by a german investigator some time ago word was received here that a german scientist named dunbar had found a hay fever and as he declared that the disease was occasioned by the pollen of grasses the matter naturally fell un der the supervision 0 the bureau of plant industry the officials of that bureau proceeded to follow up dun bar s theory with the intention ot pub ashing the curative formula the in of the bureau were con ducted in connection with a new york hospital it was found that hay fever Is brought on by a species of blood pol boning A substance contained in the pollen of grasses Is thrown off during the bummer months an 1 being indal ed la deposited on the mucous mem brane of the nose it then dissolves and Is absorbed in the blood the offending particles do not come from roses weeds or gt iden rod as is generally supposed they escape from various kinds of flowering grasses it was found that by inject ing this toxic material into the blood of a healthy person it would bring on a well developed case of hay fever bv injecting the same material into the blood of a goat or horse the ex obtained an antitoxin after the fashion that other antitoxins are so cured just as the officials of the tureau 0 plant industry had about established the accuracy of the claims of the ger man scientists an I 1 was preparing to make the process public word was received that dunbar had patented his process consequently the matter was dropped by the government V ashington I 1 etter in brooklyn eagle |
