Abstract
In my previous papers<sup>1</sup>I have taken up the general subject of the saliva and the importance of its chemistry in relation to disease. This paper, then, will be devoted more to observations, conclusions, laboratory technic and treatment. That many deductions can be made, both from a standpoint of diagnosis and treatment, by the examination of the salivary secretion, I think, has been proved beyond a doubt. The information thus gained is not at all limited to hay fever and allied conditions. However, in hay fever, ragweed fever, rye fever, horse fever, rose cold, lithemic rhinitis, etc., the examination of the saliva is most useful from the standpoint of etiology and treatment. The three conditions, excess of alkalinity, excess of acidity, and the neutral condition, each play an important part and each produce a different line of symptoms. The treatment under such conditions also varies greatly. This physiologic and so
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