Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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The Treatment of Ivy Poisoning The ancient maxim of medical science, WPrevention is the Best Cure,n is exceptionally true in the case of ivy poisoning. It needs very little treatment if you don't have it. Poison ivy is usually encountered in river bottom land where it clings to a dead tree trunk and may be entirely clothed in lethal verdure. The variety that grows in the shape of a vine is termed nPoison Ivy,W while that that grows in short stalks about a foot or two high needs no support and is called poison oak. I believe there is no true botanical dif'erence between the two since every other characteristic is identical and the two are often found growing side by side. Poison ivy is noticed the day after the encounter, flourish- ing upon whatever part of the anatomy that it finds enough per- spiration to hold its venomous oil. A dry skin is usually able to resist the irritating ingredient. The first stages of the misery are the worst. It is at this time that the most damage is done, too. The symptom is a small rash of tiny blisters filled with blood plasma and the abominable oil. When the victim rakes the affected area with his nails, as he is certain to do during the early period of his agony, these blisters are gouged loose, spreading the poisonous oil over other skin that has been scratched by the same nails. The oil gets a new foothold here and rears a new crop of blisters In the course of time, the poisoned areas get well although the process is mostly Htime and very little course.n A victim did he not have new and ingenious treatments to experiment with, would certainly go permanently insane. By experimenting, his insanity is rendered temporary. The preferred treatment is to let it alone and not to scratch it. This is a noble sentiment and adhered to by only those who don't contract the ailment. It is always better to apply all the medicine one knows of or can hear about. It is always better to try the remedies one knows about, for then the course of the poisoning will be run before one gets to the Whearsay cures.n And it is well to try iron chloride first of all as that breaks the victim in very quickly. The correct process is to slap it on as Quickly as possible after first indulging in a satisfying scratch. The bottle must be put away immediately since it is liable to be upset or broken in the events which soon follow. After the smoke has cleared away, the affected area is seen to be dried up. About a week later the skin peels off and the former victim thanks the Deity and resumes eating and sleeping again. -Steve Kratz 25

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They Who Break Faith Life patterns and behavior patterns vary to meet a change of circumstances. The happy, successful individual is the one who can adjust himself to such a change. The change may be gradual, it may be quick, it may be the result of calculative consideration or it may be the result of misconception, but always there is something lost, be it tangible or intangible. Perhaps the most disheartening changes are in human re- lationships. It is indeed, a sad individual who finds illusions shattered and begins to doubt himself. The breaking of faith if the most tragic crisis that can come between individuals. True friendship is a beautiful thing. It embodies the spirit of perfect mutual trust and can exist only between persons who honor each other. It exists only when individuals can look with candor and frankness at the things which lie deep within them 0 True friendship between two people is like a river made up of two branches. Each person must contribute equally and the intermingling of deeper feelings tends toward a broader and happier view of life. That is ideal and a condition for philos- ophers to laud to the skies. But the tragedy comes when two such individuals begin to lose faith. Then Zeus is dead, and Whirl is king! And out of chaos must come an adjustment of some kind. The time and manner of adjustment will depend upon the depth of the river. The natural reaction to an unjustified action is anger and then bitterness. When a man finds that he has been a fool, when he sees the ideal crumble before him because his trust has been dishonored, his first impulse is rage. But the river is deep and the wound is great when a man meets such a crisis and cannot hate. When only bitter sorrow fills his heart and his tears fall unashamed because of be- trayal of confidence, then something lies deep within him that makes his loss a bitter tragedy. They who break faith discredit themselves to the world at large. Human trust is a far greater possession than human love and when a person loves his character to the extent that people distrust him, that person suffers an irreparable loss. Iaith and trust are the essential characteristics of a great people. With these characteristics not only individuals but nations assume the respect due them. They who break faith harm not only themselves but also those who trusted them. They cause the trusting person to begin to doubt himself. They cause him to wonder whether or not there is something within himself to cause the betrayal of confidence. They who break faith lose character, honor and reputation, and once lost these virtues are hard to regain. So be true to yourself and be true to your friends and do not break faith. -William Brittin 24

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