I succeeded in preventing the outbreak of the disease in every
individual case. The treatment I applied was very simple, and
consisted of the following:

From the fact that I had known all my patients from previous years, I
ordered them to my office two weeks before the usual onset of the
disease. I advised them to irrigate the nose with a warm solution of
chloride of sodium four times a day--morning, noon, evening, and on
retiring; and, a few minutes after the cleansing of the parts, had the
nares thoroughly sprayed with peroxide of hydrogen and c.p. glycerin,
half and half. Those subject to a conjunctivitis I prescribed a two
per cent. solution of boric acid as a wash. At this period no internal
medication was given, but three days previous to the usual onset of
the disease I prescribed phenacetin and salol, five grains of each
three times a day.

On the respective expected days, to the great surprise of all the
members concerned successively, who have been in the habit of getting
the disease almost invariably at a certain date, no hay fever symptoms
appeared, though everyone had been the victim of the disease for a
great number of years, varying from five to nineteen years' standing.

It is self-understood that this treatment was kept up all through the
season, and, as no symptoms developed, the applications were reduced,
toward the termination, to twice and once a day. The internal
medication, however, was stopped after the expiration of the first
week, and all the patients could attend to their various respective
vocations, something they never have been able to do in previous
years.