See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

HAY See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

FEVER, HAY See also:

• ASTHMA (Gr. avBµa, gasping, whence lio-Ogaivw, I gasp for breath)

ASTHMA, or SUMMER  CATARRI[, a catarrhal See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the mucous membrane of the upper See also:

• RESPIRATORY

respiratory See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract, due to the See also:

• ACTION

action of the See also:

• POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

pollen of certain See also:

• GRASSES

grasses . It is often associated with asthmatic attacks . The disease affects certain families, and is hereditary in about one-third of the cases . It is more See also:

• COMMON

common among See also:

• WOMEN

women than men, See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city than See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country dwellers, and the educated and highly See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous than the See also:

• LOWER

lower classes . It has no connexion with the coryzas that are produced in nervous See also:

• PEOPLE

people by the odour of See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats, &c . The complaint has been investigated by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor W . P . See also:

• DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)
• DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872–1906)
• DUNBAR, WILLIAM (c. 1460-c. 1520)

Dunbar of See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, who has shown that it is due to the pollens of certain grasses (notably See also:

• RYE

rye) and See also:

• PLANTS

plants, and that the severity of the attack is directly proportional to the amount of pollen in the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . He has isolated an albuminoid See also:

• POISON

poison which, when applied to the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose of a susceptible individual, causes an attack, while there is no result in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a normal See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . By injecting the poison into animals, he has obtained an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-toxin, which is capable of aborting an attack of See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever . The symptoms are those commonly experienced in the case of a severe See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, consisting of headache, violent See also:

• SNEEZING (0. Eng. fneosung, from fneosan, to sneeze, cf. Dutch fniezen, allied to the obsolete neeze, and ultimately to be referred to root seen in Gr. irveiv, to breathe; the initial s is due to association with numerous words, such as snort, snuff, snor

sneezing and watery See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge from the nostrils and eyes, together with a hard dry cough, and occasionally severe asthmatic paroxysms . The See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of liability to infection naturally coincides with the pollen See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season .

The See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical treatment is to avoid vegetation . See also:

• LOCAL

Local treatment consisting of thorough destruction of the sensitive See also:

• AREA

area of the mucous membrane of the nose often produces See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good results . There are various drugs, the best of which are See also:

• COCAINE, C17H21NO4

cocaine and the See also:

• EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

extract of the suprarenal See also:

• BODY

body, which, when applied to the nose,are sometimes effectual; in practice, however, it is found that larger and larger doses are required, and that sooner or later they afford no See also:

• RELIEF

relief . The same remarks apply to a number of patent specifics, of which the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal constituent is one of the above drugs . An additional and stronger objection to the use of cocaine is that a " See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit " is often contracted, with the most disastrous results . Finally Dunbar's serum may be applied to the nose and eyes on rising, and on the slightest See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of irritation during the See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay; it will, in the large See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of cases, be found to be quite effectual .