Asthma as a sequel of nasal injury

Selected Abstracts

Dermatitis, Urticaria and Aggravation ministration of Pollen Suspensions.

of Nose Symptoms I’ollia.

.I. .I.:

from

(‘alifornia

the Oral Ad-

& West.

Alec].

50:

2.3, 1939.

Late Results of Treatment Fontaine,

JL.:

Presse

of Bronchial m6d.

47:

243,

Asthma

by Stellectomy.

Lrriche,

R., and

1030.

The authors report on the late results in ele\-en c:~hes of stellectunry performed for the relief of bronchial asthma. The operation tloue wxs eithrr :t unil;ltewl (left) or bilateral stellectomy. In six lbntients the results were good. Oue h:td complete cessation of s,-rnptoms without recnrrcnc’e for 13 years, and m~othe~ h third pxticnt had complete albsenc~s of s,ml’torrls for i >-e:wa, for ill2 !-ears. Three xsthmatics hxd their condition:: greatly infollowed 1)~ partial relapse. pr~~ved, the impro\-clrnrtnt still persisting nfter periods of 4, 5%. x11(1 2% years: respectirel,v. In five individualr lasting improvenlent failed to occur. The xuthors is the method of choice in the surgical trwtment of’ l&eve that stellectorny The only likely necrologic complication is Brrnsrd-Homer s>-ndrome. asthma. The\suggest that, as a temporary measure, infiltration of the stellate ganglion This may also serve as n means of estimating the prol~nl~lc result may he done. to be expected from stellec-tomy.

Ragweed

Survey

in Maine

for

1938.

S,vlvester,

C.

B.:

Maine

11. 5.

30:

97,

1939.

Another rag”eeJ p(,llen survey of hlainc XIR made 1)~ R)-lrester in 1938. The of those obtained in 193i. Aroostook results were practically n confirmation : gveed, the count at Houlton lleing ~ountv was again found practically free from 1’1 37 for the entire season. Counts at other stations were also fairly HOW, the total counts for the season varying from ‘714 to CX. 99