Millions Suffer
With Hay Fever
In This Country
\o Specific Cure Ha« Beer
Found Bill Treatments
Relieve Sufferers
Hay fevei . an affliction of some
2.500.000 Americans, is caused bv
.in allergv. or sensitivity, to pol
len. Its victims are easy to spot—
with their inflamed and running
eyes, “stuffed up" noses, and sud
den and sometimes prolonged
paroxysms of sneezing
Even victims of mild eases of
hay fever are as miserable as they
look. Hay fever in a mild form
is not a serious illness, although
it may cause great discomfort and
cut down on the sufferer's sleep
and his appetite Severe hay fev
er. allowed to go untreated, can
lead to asthma, a chronic obstruc
tion of the bronchial tubes which
produces a hard cough and diffi
cult breaching.
Hay fever in the spring and
summer is due to pollen in the
air which comes from trees, grass
es. and weeds. The hay fever pre
valent from about the middle of
August until the first frost usual
ly caused by ragweed pollen
Anyone who suspects he has
or is getting ha\ fever shouldt
see his doctor While there is no
specific cure for hay fever, there
are treatments which will make
the sufferer more comfortable
and help him ward off asthma and
other respiratory illness to which
his hay fever might have made
him susceptible.
The doctor will make a
thorough study to find out what
Board Of Trustees Of The New Martin General Hospital
Pictured above are the six members of the new Mar
in Genera] Hospital Board of Trustees. Left to l ight, thev
ire: Elbert S. Peel, chairman of Williamston; James H.
lirsiv. Sr., of
Point. Chas.
lerbert Whi
Robersonville, LeRov H. Taylor of Poplar
H. Manning, vice chairman of Williamston;
tley of Williamston, and George C. Griffin,
secretary and treasurer of Griffins Township. Mr. Whit
ey was the hospital architect and followed its construc
ion closely. The trustees are well known in this section, j
kind of pollen is causing the
trouble. Once it is known, he can
advise the victim on avoiding it.
Me may also give injections of
pollen extract to help the person
build up resistance to it. These
injections, called ''desensitization
reatments," are usually most
helpful it given before the attack
ot hay fever.
There are drugs on the market
which sometimes relieve hay fev
er. but they should be used only
with the advice and supervision
of the doctor, since they can cause
painful and. perhaps, harmful re
actions
The person who has hay fever
should build up his resistance to
all respiratory infections and con
sult his doctor, who will pre
scribe measures for his relief and
help him avoid further irratation
and injection. While there is no
definite proof that allergies, in
cluding hay fever, have an emo
tional or psychological origin, the
hay fever sufferer should avoid
ail emotional stress, since it tends
to worsen the condition.
Many communities are trying
to stamp out the offending rag
weed by spraying it with chemic
als or cutting it down and burning
it. Best results are obtained when
weeds are destroyed, over a large
Martin General
HOSPITAL
C.onstrnehnl Ity
R. J. BROCK
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W illiatuston. N. <!,
Polio Outbreak In
Virginia County
'J’he little southern town of
Wvtheville, Va. which has been
the scene of the nation's worst
polio outbreak this year may help
solve some of the mysteries sur
rounding this feared disease.
No one knows how polio is
carried from victim to victim. The
unusual prevalence of this di
sease. 50 times the usual epidemic
rate, may give scientists a chance
to discovei just how it is spread,
whether by insects or water or di
rectly from person to person.
Dr. Alexander Steigman, Uni
versity of Louisville, Kv., pro
fessor and consultant to the Na
tional Knndation for Infantile Pa
ralysis, has been supervising the
collection of insects, blood, water
and human wastes in which may
be found one of the viruses of in
fantile paralysis.
The virulence of the disease in
W.vtheville and the large number
of cases may mean that a new
type of virus, a fourth sort ad
ditional to the now-recognized
three types, has attacked this
small southern community. Or it
may mean merely that the virus
causing this outbreak is one to
which Wytheville residents have
not previously exposed.
Getting sick with one kind of
polio virus does not give protec
tion against infection w ith anoth
er of the polio viruses. That is
why people sometimes have a
second attack of the disease, and
theoretically three attacks are
possible.
Hut it will take weeks of re
search to discover whether the
Wytheville epidemic is going to
help solve some of the polio mys
teries.
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brating their wings
area, before the seeds mature
and are carried about by the
wind.
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Two Main Operating
Rooms In Hospital
Emergency Room
Is Also Available
In The Hospital
Extensive timl Modern
K(|ni|»nient Found In the
Three Room*
Operating rooms and facilities
in the new Martin General Hos
pital here will compare with those
in any institution outside the
great medical centers, an observer
remarked following an informal
inspection a short time ago.
The hospital has two major op
erating rooms, one a little larger
than the other and possibly more
extensively equipped. In addition
to the main operating rooms lo
cated on the east end of the build
ing and next to the main hospital
wing, there is an emergency
room at the entrance on the west
side of the building.
With tih‘ on the floors and on
a greater part of the wall space,
the rooms are spacious with ade
quate lighting. Non-transparent
glass is in the larger windows,
but the main light will be provid
ed by especially designed lamps
and fixtures.
The special equipment in the
operating rooms includes just a
bout every article known to the
surgeon. Frankly, the names of
some of the gadgets are strange
to the laymen, and one may gain
a better idea of what they are
and what they look like by in
specting them during open house
tentatively planned for next Sun
day. Then there are bushels of in
struments, having every bend and
curve imaginable.
The main operating rooms ad
join a large sterlizing room where
a large sterilizer is installed along
with other equipment to handle
surgical instruments, dressings
and other items used in connec
tion with surgery.
On the lower floor is the ma
ternity section including delivery
room, waiting room, nursery and
a number of patients’ rooms,
nurses' desk, utility rooms and
other quarters. There’s an isola
tion room also in that wing.
——
Dr. J.T. Llewellyn
First Associated
With Rhodes Clinic
(Continued from P. 1, This See.)
American Medical Association
and the State and district medical
societies.
THE ERROR
(Enka Voice)
The typographical error is a
slippery thing and sly..
You can hunt till you are dizzy
but it somehow will get by,
Till the forms are off the press
es it is strange how still it
keeps;
It shrinks down into a corner
and it never stirs orpeeps.
The typographical error, too
small for human eyes.
Till the ink is on the paper,
when it grows to mountain
size.
The boss stares \\ itii horror,
then he grubs his haif and
groans,
The cupyreadt-i drops his head
upon his hands and moans—
j The remainder of the issue
may be clean as clean can be,
Put that typographical error is
WIRING
Approximately fifty miles
of wiring were installed in
the Martin General Hospital
to furnish light and power
for the numerous machines
and the inner-communication
system. The lighting sys
tem is strictly modern with
indirect lighting for night op
erations.
Plans call for the installa
! tion of an independent power
unit for the hospital.
The installations were han
dled by the Ayers Electric
Company, a local firm.
Signals Change
With The Years
•
Raleigh, N. C.—"Danger —j
Sound Klaxon!"
L. R. Fisher, director of the
Highway Safety Division of the
North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles, today cited the
present obscurity of this onc£
familiar highway sign as an ex-1
ample of the rapid growth of our
system of traffic signs and sig
nals during the past 35 years.
“Motoring in America,” He said,
"is a perfect example of an inno
vation that grew too fast for its
own britches. We hud the vehicle
before wc had the roads to ac
commodate it; by the time we
started enough roads, other dif
ficulties were rapidly being creat
ed.”
One of the chief handicaps
plaguing the pioneer motorist, ac
cording to Fisher, was the absence
of directional and warning signs
on existing higwavs.
The widespread boom in the
construction of inter-state arteries
preceding World War I, however,
speeded installation of such signs
accordingly.
"Ironically,” Fisher said, "this
rapid outcropping of traffic signs
was almost as much of a curse as
a blessing. Shapes, sizes, and col
ors of the signs were left to the
discretion of the local, state, or
county authorities, and official
imaginations ran wild.”
The amazing strides that have
been made in the standardiza
tion and use of traffic signs and
[signals are being emphasized this
month by the North Carolina
department of Motor Vehicles as
part of its August program of
traffic safety education.
“Standardization of traffic
signs and signals was the only 1
solution to the confusion that re-i
suited from the early hodge-podge
of vari-shaped and colored road
Dies fl ith Husband In A
Vain Attempt At Rescue
Witchita Falls, Tex.—Mrs. R. I.
Cox, 19-year-old wife, died in a
vain attempt to save her husband
from electrocution. Neighbors
found her gripping an electric
I line wound around the body of
i her husband. Planning to electri
I fy a fence around a sudan grass
patch, Cox had strung a wire
from an electric line atop his
garage. Clutcning the line in
| one hand, he stepped on a metal
barrel as he climbed down from
! the garage. His screams attract
ed bis wife, who ran to his aid.
| markers.' Fisher said, "but the
present degree of standardization
has still failed to reduce accidents
as much as it was originally en
visioned."
Reliable, and wisely engineered,
signs and signals are useless, if
drivers ignore them. As proof that
this is the case, the North Caro
lina Department of Motor Ve
hicles reports that, in 1949, out
ut 720 fatal accidents there were
44 instances of a sign, signal, or
traffic officer having been over
looked or ignored.
“We now have a good, nation
wide, system of signs and signals,“
Fisher said, “Let's not nullify all
the good work that has been done
to protect us in this respect by
ignoring them. Most important
let's stay alive by heeding these
‘Signs of Life’!”
Best Wishes To The Stall
' Of The
Martin General Hospital
WE SUPPLIED THE NEW HOSPITAL
With
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Electric Water Coolers
And
Refrigeration
WORRELL APPLIANCE CO.
Your ITeatinghouse Dealer
Congratulations
To The
Martin General
HOSPITAL
Wo join iho Williamson tnisino** firing in
offi‘riii){ rongrutiilalioiiK iiml sinooro bosl wish
es In tin* staff of iho now hospital.
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Williuinston, N. L.
If#* Take Pleasure In Exletulinn (hir llesl Hi sites
To The Staff Of The ISeuTy GfNfJfleted
Martin General
HOSPITAL
We lake great pride in this modern hospital, folly equipped,
an institution which will lie an asset to our ever growing eoiiiiniinily.
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