Hay Fever and Hay Asthma
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Our knowledge of the pathology of hay fever, and of the neuroses that frequently complicate it, has of late years become more exact and scientific, and consequently the treatment of these affections has been placed on a more rational basis with great advantage to the sufferers. Most cases may be partially, and many completely relieved, while a fair proportion may be altogether cured ; it is important, therefore, that the varying conditions which may give rise to the symptoms be clearly recognised and
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