Abstract
It is the purpose of this article to discuss two important phases of a timely subject, namely, hay fever. These phases are: (1) causes of failure in the treatment of hay fever and the proper procedure to be employed to overcome it, and (2) the importance of extra-pollen hypersensitivity in the treatment of seasonal hay fever for serious consideration. A few years ago, the literature on allergy swarmed with reports on analyses of the causes of failure in the treatment of hay fever.<sup>1</sup>Certain authors gave various figures on complete failure, moderate improvement and marked improvement. The reports of Walker,<sup>2</sup>Cooke and Vander Veer,<sup>3</sup>Caulfield,<sup>4</sup>Vander Veer,<sup>5</sup>Rackemann,<sup>6</sup>Piness,<sup>7</sup>Spivacke<sup>8</sup>and Balyeat<sup>9</sup>are summarized in a comparative table of percentage (table 1). The average in percentage computed from these reports for the satisfactory class is 47 per cent,
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