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{"id":28779,"date":"2024-04-05T14:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=28779"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:06:03","slug":"hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Hay Fever: The Nuisance of a New Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Erika Mills ~<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28782\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/who-hayfever\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?fit=1140%2C1600&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1140,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"WHO-hayfever\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Hay Fever, World Heath Organization, ca. 1960<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine #101436937<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?fit=214%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?fit=730%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28782 size-medium\" title=\"Text on the back of this photograph from the World Health Organization discusses the inheritance of seasonal allergies\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=214%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"A black and white photograph of a sneezing woman wearing a black sweater and black head scarf\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=214%2C300&ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=730%2C1024&ssl=1 730w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=768%2C1078&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=1094%2C1536&ssl=1 1094w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?resize=840%2C1179&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WHO-hayfever.jpg?w=1140&ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hay Fever <br \/><em>Photo by Jean Mohr,<\/em> <em>Courtesy World Health Organization<\/em> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101436937\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101436937<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now that spring in underway in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be feeling a tickle in the nose alongside a warmth in the air. Around one quarter of U.S. adults suffers from <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/hayfever.html\">hay fever<\/a>, or seasonal allergic rhinitis. In spring and fall, pollen from trees, grasses, and weeds induces an immune response in us, causing us to experience cold-like symptoms. Though allergies are more prevalent today than in the past, medical literature shows that scientists have sought to understand and develop treatments for allergic rhinitis for centuries. Here is a selection of items from the <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a> which explores historical strategies to manage hay fever.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28798\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/64530770r-pdf-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?fit=864%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"864,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Singer, E. C.,author.","camera":"","caption":"Respiratory Tract Diseases - Liniments","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"64530770R.pdf","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"64530770R.pdf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Respiratory Tract Diseases – Liniments<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?fit=216%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?fit=737%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28798\" title=\"Singer's Magic Catarrh Inhaler\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?resize=300%2C417&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?resize=737%2C1024&ssl=1 737w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?resize=216%2C300&ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?resize=768%2C1067&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?resize=840%2C1167&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/64530770R-42.jpg?w=864&ssl=1 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inhaler from <i>Better than Gold; or Light Out of Darkness, <\/i>1887<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/64530770R\"><em>National Library of Medicine #64530770R<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to the 19th century and the period of Industrial Revolution (c. 1760-1840), medical literature on hay fever was relatively sparse. Scientists and physicians studied allergic diseases less during this time than later, and therefore these diseases were relatively less recognized in society. After the 1810s, however, increasing numbers of scientists and physicians published their research data and ideas about the cause of hay fever and treatment protocols. They advocated for therapies based on what they thought the cause of hay fever was; some therapies included medications (antispasmodics, narcotics, expectorants, emetics), rest and isolation, bloodletting, and irrigating nasal passages with caustic substances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28789\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28789\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/101603307-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?fit=769%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"769,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"101603307-cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Hay-fever and Its Successful Treatment, 1899<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine #101603307<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?fit=192%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?fit=656%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28789\" title=\"Cover of the Second Edition\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C468&ssl=1\" alt=\"The cloth cover of a hardback book with the title and a botanical illustration of a flowering plant.\" width=\"300\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?resize=656%2C1024&ssl=1 656w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?resize=192%2C300&ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?resize=768%2C1198&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101603307-cover.jpg?w=769&ssl=1 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Hay-fever and Its Successful Treatment<\/em>, 1899<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101603303\">National Library of Medicine #101603307<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the book <i><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/64530770R\">Better than Gold; or Light Out of Darkness<\/a>,<\/i> Dr. E. C. Singer provided instructions for the preparation of an inhaler with herbs like bloodroot and goldenseal (which is still used in some herbal remedies for colds and allergies). Pediatrician W. C. Hollopeter, the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101603303\"><i>Hay-fever and its Successful Treatments<\/i><\/a>, believed allergic diseases to be nervous conditions related to neurasthenia and others. He pushed for medicines that included arsenic, strychnine, and quinine.<\/p>\n<p>By the mid-19th century, hay fever had become associated with the upper classes. Many people\u2014even people of science\u2014believed that only the well off and educated suffered from seasonal allergies. Physicians observed that most of their allergy patients were wealthy and white. Without accounting for the lack of access to healthcare that the poor and people of color faced, they concluded that the moneyed were biologically more prone to hay fever.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28797\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/the-white-mountain-village-of-bethlehem-as-a-resort-for-health-a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?fit=707%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"707,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"The White-Mountain village of Bethlehem as a resort for health a","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The White-Mountain village of Bethlehem as a resort for health a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>wffewfefwefw<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?fit=177%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?fit=603%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28797\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?resize=236%2C400&ssl=1\" alt=\"A book title page\" width=\"236\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?resize=603%2C1024&ssl=1 603w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?resize=177%2C300&ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101224468-1.jpg?w=707&ssl=1 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pamphlet about Bethlehem, a “health city” in White Mountain, NH, 1880 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101224468\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101224468<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every spring and fall, rich people with stuffy noses and watery eyes would seek refuge in the mountains or by the shore.\u00a0 A hay fever vacation industry developed for the leisure class, concentrated in areas far away from both the urban masses and the tuberculosis patients at the <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2022\/02\/24\/patient-pamphlet-for-piedmont-tb-sanatorium-va-1940\/\">sanitoriums<\/a> in the countryside. White Mountain, New Hampshire and areas similarly remote became social hubs of the elite.<\/p>\n<p>Most people with hay fever could not afford a months-long mountain getaway. For them, slick marketing and financial accessibility made patent medicines an attractive alternative. These \u201ccure-alls\u201d had proprietary formulas, making it difficult for the consumer to know the contents of each preparation, as companies weren’t forthcoming with that information. Many of these elixirs were ineffective and some were dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Here, we have advertisements for three patent medicines. <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2022\/02\/24\/patient-pamphlet-for-piedmont-tb-sanatorium-va-1940\/\">Dr. Marshall\u2019s Anti-Catarrh Snuff<\/a>, a tobacco preparation, <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101603996\">Hakka Cream<\/a>, an antiseptic salve, and <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101299202\">Swanson’s 5 Drops<\/a> claimed to cure hay fever and other respiratory issues, as well as sleeplessness, creeping numbness, and \u201cnearly all common diseases of the head, except wrong-headedness.”<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/05\\\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 506px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"506\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 137px; height: 506px;\" data-original-width=\"137\" data-original-height=\"506\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/catarrh_snuff\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"133\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"502\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"28796\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catarrh_snuff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"319,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Dr. Marshall\u2019s Anti-Catarrh Snuff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catarrh_snuff.jpg?fit=80%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catarrh_snuff.jpg?fit=272%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Catarrh_snuff.jpg?w=133&h=502&ssl=1\" width=\"133\" height=\"502\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"133\" data-original-height=\"502\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Dr. Marshall\u2019s Anti-Catarrh Snuff\" alt=\"A full-text, single column advertisement from a magazine\" style=\"width: 133px; height: 502px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Advertisement for Dr. Marshall\u2019s Anti-Catarrh Snuff, c. 1850 National Library of Medicine #101703952 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 314px; height: 506px;\" data-original-width=\"314\" data-original-height=\"506\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/hakka-cream-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"310\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"502\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"28785\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1633,2646\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Hakka Cream :","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Hakka Cream\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?fit=185%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?fit=632%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?w=310&h=502&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?w=1633&ssl=1 1633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=185%2C300&ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=632%2C1024&ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=768%2C1244&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=948%2C1536&ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=1264%2C2048&ssl=1 1264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=1200%2C1944&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hakka_cream.jpg?resize=840%2C1361&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"310\" height=\"502\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"502\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Hakka Cream\" alt=\"A full page advertisement with an image of a tube of medicine and descriptions and testimonials.\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 502px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Pharmaceutical Advertisement for Hakka Cream, ca. 1893 National Library of Medicine #101603996 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 389px; height: 506px;\" data-original-width=\"389\" data-original-height=\"506\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/gateway-to-health\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"385\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"502\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"28807\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"919,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Gateway to health.","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Swanson\u2019s 5 Drops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?fit=230%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?fit=784%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?w=385&h=502&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?w=919&ssl=1 919w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?resize=230%2C300&ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?resize=784%2C1024&ssl=1 784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1003&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/101299202-1.jpg?resize=840%2C1097&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"385\" height=\"502\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"385\" data-original-height=\"502\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Swanson\u2019s 5 Drops\" alt=\"An illustration of a white woman wearing Grecian robes and standing in the archway entrance to a garden\" style=\"width: 385px; height: 502px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Gateway to health, 1901 National Library of Medicine #101299202 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Since the 1920s, allergen avoidance has been a major component of hay fever management. People with seasonal allergies are encouraged to limit their exposure to pollen by remaining indoors when the pollen count is high, wearing a mask when doing yard work, keeping car windows closed, and more. Initially, the guidance only advised people to steer clear of outdoor dangers, but during the post-World War II housing boom, messaging expanded to promote creating an allergen-free home environment.<\/p>\n<p>La Comite\u0301 contre la tuberculose et les maladies respiratoires Martinique (The Committee Against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Maladies Martinique) published this pair of public health posters (below). One highlights activities that may improve asthma and allergies, including getting fresh air, breastfeeding newborns with asthma, playing sports, and getting sunlight on your bedding (presumably, to kill dust mites). The other poster points out common household respiratory irritants that one might remove to breathe easy at home, like cigarette smoke and down feathers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28786\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/martiniquais-hayfever\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?fit=1600%2C1074&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1074\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Martiniquais-hayfever\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?fit=840%2C564&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28786 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=840%2C564&ssl=1\" alt=\"Two public health posters side-by-side, pointing out common allergens and things that can improve allergies\" width=\"840\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=1024%2C687&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=300%2C201&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=768%2C516&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=1536%2C1031&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=1200%2C806&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?resize=840%2C564&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Martiniquais-hayfever.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Pour lutter contre l’asthme et les allergies<\/i> poster and <i>Facteurs favorisant l’asthme et les allergies<\/i> poster, c. 1990<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101438553\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101438553<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\" http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101438548\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101438548<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two posters below have slightly stronger messaging. <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101449650\">Allergies, the Facts<\/a>, sponsored jointly in 1991 by the Pharmacy Planning Service, the Allergy Council of America, and the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, gave directives for avoiding allergens and provided a phone number for questions. The other poster, <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101449467\">Warning Signs of Allergy Season<\/a>, presents a rogues\u2019 gallery of some of North America\u2019s most prolific hay fever instigators. Chlor-Trimeton, a brand of first generation antihistamine medication, produced the infographic in 1989, which doubles as an advertisement for their guide to seasonal allergies (and for their pharmaceutical).<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/05\\\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 613px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"613\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 384px; height: 613px;\" data-original-width=\"384\" data-original-height=\"613\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/allergy_poster_bw\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"380\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"609\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"28794\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"748,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Allergies, the F\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?fit=187%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?fit=638%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?w=380&h=609&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?w=748&ssl=1 748w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?resize=187%2C300&ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Allergy_poster_bw.jpg?resize=638%2C1024&ssl=1 638w\" width=\"380\" height=\"609\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"380\" data-original-height=\"609\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Allergies, the F\" alt=\"A poster with a series of illustrations for avoidance of allergens and a call to action to learn more.\" style=\"width: 380px; height: 609px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Allergies, the Facts: Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts for Allergy Victims, c. 1991 National Library of Medicine #101449650 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 456px; height: 613px;\" data-original-width=\"456\" data-original-height=\"613\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/04\/05\/hay-fever-the-nuisance-of-a-new-season\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"452\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"609\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"28787\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2030,2734\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Warning Signs of Allergy Season\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?fit=223%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?fit=760%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?w=452&h=609&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?w=2030&ssl=1 2030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=223%2C300&ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=760%2C1024&ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=768%2C1034&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=1140%2C1536&ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=1521%2C2048&ssl=1 1521w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=1200%2C1616&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?resize=840%2C1131&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nlm_nlmuid-101449467-img.jpg?w=1680&ssl=1 1680w\" width=\"452\" height=\"609\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"452\" data-original-height=\"609\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Warning Signs of Allergy Season\" alt=\"A poster with illustraitons of several plants that can cause allergies.\" style=\"width: 452px; height: 609px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Warning Signs of Allergy Season, Pharmaceutical poster published by Schering Corp., Kenilworth, NJ ca. 1989 National Library of Medicine #101449467 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Explore\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=hay%fever\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a> to find more historical materials on hay fever, and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.nlm.nih.gov\/support\/create-case\/\">contact us<\/a> if we could be a resource for you in your research on historical aspects of this subject, or any other!<\/p>\n<p><em>Erika Mills is an exhibits specialist in the User Services and Collection Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Erika Mills ~ Now that spring in underway in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be feeling a tickle in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57991628,"featured_media":28780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12763,4940351,347145303],"tags":[273905,273907,314304,30571],"class_list":["post-28779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collections","category-prints-photographs","category-rare-books-journals","tag-1800s","tag-1900s","tag-allergy","tag-digital-collections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Hay_fever-feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xcDk-7ub","jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57991628"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28779"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28847,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779\/revisions\/28847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |