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Dates: during 1941-1941
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Some 6,000,000 U.S. hay-fever victims would have smiled through their tears last week if they had known about a new last-minute treatment that, if it lives up to its promise, will provide quick relief. In the New York State Journal of Medicine, Dr. Ernest J. Elsbach of Manhattan told of his experiments with a germ-brewed soothing substance at the Vanderbilt Clinic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Last Sniffle? | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...Elsbach's treatment short-cuts all this. He uses a specially prepared salt solution of organic substances produced by the ordinary Bacillus coli, found in human intestines. No scratch tests are necessary, for the Coli Metabolin acts on all forms of hay fever. Somehow the compound has a tonic effect on the irritated sympathetic nervous system. Treatment consists of eight to twelve injections; the first five injections are given daily, the rest every other day. Said Dr. Elsbach: "Treatment before the onset of hay fever is not necessary but should be started when the first symptoms appear. A marked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Last Sniffle? | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...Vanderbilt Clinic, and from reports of the same treatment throughout the U.S., Dr. Elsbach has observed the reactions of 75 patients of all ages. Results: 53 cases were cured, 21 improved; only one stubborn patient kept on sneezing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Last Sniffle? | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

Concluded Dr. Elsbach: "I know it would be more satisfying to report about these results after observation of the patients over a longer period of time. But ... I think this remedy is so harmless and brings such quick relief that it should be in the hands of the profession as soon as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Last Sniffle? | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

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