Spasmodic Rhinorrhœa *Introduction to a discussion at the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society on Wednesday, 12th May, 1939.

The condition to which I wish to direct attention is known by a variety of names?catarrh, coryza, rhinitis, rhinorrhoea or nasal hydrorrhea, qualified as spasmodic, paroxysmal, intermittent, periodic, aestival, idiopathic, vasomotor, nervous, and, of course, allergic. As some of these names indicate, the characteristic symptom is an intermittent watery discharge from the nose. In addition there are often attacks of