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(Chest. 1942;8:198-202.)
© 1942 American College of Chest Physicians

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Perennial Asthmatics

ALEXANDER STERLING M.D.1; JULIAN A. STERLING A.B., M.D.1; and BEATRICE E. STERLING A.B., M.D.1

1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Analysis of two hundred patients with chronic perennial bronchial asthma indicates that it can be secondary to:

1) Primary winter bronchitis;

2) Seasonal pollen asthma;

3) Miscellaneous allergic etiologic factors.

Accurate diagnosis of the original exciting agent is essential in pursuing a course of proper treatment. A method of treatment for a patient with chronic perennial bronchitis includes:

1) Elimination of specific factors which provide a cause of hypersensitivity.

2) Treatment with

(a) autogenous vaccine

(b) stock special catarrhal vaccine

(c) dust extract from specific environment. (P. D. Co.)

3) Therapy from a symptomatic viewpoint as it is indicated, taking special care to avoid measures and drugs to which the patient is sensitive.






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