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Article1 October 1933THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC INTRACTABLE ASTHMA WITH POLLEN EXTRACTSGEORGE L. WALDBOTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE L. WALDBOTT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-4-508 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost clinicians are in agreement that pollen is the most important cause of asthma (Duke,1 Walzer,2 Vaughan3). While there are many ardent advocates of measures to combat factors other than pollen—especially food, bacterial infections, house dust, and physical allergy—relatively little stress has been laid on the treatment of chronic asthma due to pollen.The obvious reason for this is, of course, the difficulty of recognizing the apparent paradox that in a patient who has been wheezing continuously throughout many years, the asthmatic condition may have originated from seasonal pollen asthma or pollen hay fever. Furthermore, in the chronic asthmatic, skin...Bibliography1. DUKE WW: Allergy, asthma, hay fever, urticaria and allied manifestations of reaction, 1925, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. Google Scholar2. WALZER M: Asthma, in COCA, A. F., WALZER, M., and THOMMEN, A. A.: Asthma and hay fever in theory and practice, 1931, C. C. Thomas, Springfield. Google Scholar3. VAUGHAN WT: Allergy and applied immunology: a handbook for physician and patient, on asthma, hay fever, urticaria, eczema, migraine, and kindred manifestations of allergy, 1931, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. Google Scholar4. PESHKIN MM: Dry pollen ophthalmic test in pollen asthma and hay fever patients negative to cutaneous tests, Jr. Allergy, 1931, iii, 20-29. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BROWN A: Perennial treatment of seasonal hay fever, Jr. Allergy, 1931, iii, 113-119. Google Scholar6. FIGLEY KD: Continuous method of hay fever treatment, Jr. Allergy, 1930, ii, 39-42. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. VAUGHAN WT: Perennial pollen desensitization, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 90-91. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. WALDBOTT GL: Systemic reactions from pollen injections; their causes and prevention, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 1848-1851. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. RACKEMANN FM: Chronic severe asthma; study of group of cases requiring hospital treatment, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 202-204. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ROWE AH: Food allergy; its manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1623-1631. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Read at the Montreal Meeting of the American College of Physicians, February 9, 1933. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAsthma bronchialeNew Trends in the Treatment of Bronchial AsthmaDie asthmatische Reaktion 1 October 1933Volume 7, Issue 4Page: 508-517KeywordsAsthmaDustFeversFoodPollen Issue Published: 1 October 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...
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