Hay-fever and its successful treatment / by W.C. Hollopeter.

  • Hollopeter, W. C. (William Clarence), 1853-1927.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Hay-fever and its successful treatment / by W.C. Hollopeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    edly swollen, not bright red as in rhinitis, but bluish-gray, covered with a thin, slightly viscid, watery serum, giving it a glassy, semitranslucent, at times opalescent appearance. Again, the marked puffiness of the eyelids, the great suffusion of the eyes, the photophobia, and even epiphora are distinguishing features of hay-fever. The sensitive areas spoken of, particularly those on the lower and posterior parts of the septum and the inferior turbinated bones, are of value in differ- entiating hay-fever, and the markedly pronounced paroxysms of sneezing are very prominent in hay- fever. People are subject in the changeable climate of spring and early summer to catch colds, and espe- cially is this true of those prone to catarrh. These cases are sometimes mistaken for hay-fever. The readiness, however, with which they yield to anti- catarrhal treatment shows their nature. 7