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LEE M. HURD, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1933;17(4):557-560.

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The syndrome of bronchial asthma has been thoroughly discussed as to its mechanism and causes from all angles by so many competent men that I wish only to emphasize the fact that among the probable causes one is the nasal sinus, in which the patient is sensitized to his own organisms. Tests on the skin with these organisms give a marked positive reaction, but the patient will not react to similar organisms from some other person.

That there is too much nasal surgical intervention of a kind performed on patients with asthma is well known. These operations are not always successful because the patient is not sensitized to his own sinus organisms, or because the operative work is not thorough enough.

These cases are rare, but brilliant results follow relief of the sinus infection by operation.

The sinuses most often affected are the ethmoids sphenoids and antrums, rarely the frontals. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Read before the Eastern Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Boston, Jan. 6, 1933.

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