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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Boericke ... Read more

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Out of the past
Unfortuneately these plays don't stand up as witty or interesting.
I purchased them for the play Easy Virtue. This was the worst of the plays. Characters uninteresting,dialogue slow and not very clever.
i had hopes of enjoying the upcoming film but this seems doubtful.
Hayfever and The Vortex are a load of corn. Coward has either faded with his time or he had to be there to read the lines. ... Read more

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THERE is a German saying to this effect: "A clever physician will cure a cold in a fortnight; it will get well of itself in fourteen days." The proverb does not venture to say how long a cold will go on under the ministrations of a physician who is not clever, or to what length it will run when under amateur treatment. I cannot answer for what may happen in Germany, but I have known colds run on to portentious length under amateur or non-skilful medical guidance in this country. And even physicians of repute sometimes experience no small difficulty in getting rid of a severe catarrh in their own persons. But this proverb was no doubt invented before Hahnemann and his system saw the light. Armed with his therapeutic weapons and a sound judgment, the physician of to-day can bid even colds defiance, and can shorten their fortnight's right of duration by many days.

MY subject is discussed under three main heads,—Cold-Catching, Cold-Preventing, and Cold-Curing. The prevention and cure of colds are partly medicinal and partly general. It is possible to cure colds or prevent them by general measures, and these will be referred to in detail. But medicines are the most powerful agents we possess both in dealing with colds when taken, and in fortifying the constitution against their recurrence. The last portion of my work will be devoted to this section; and I shall add a short Materia Medica, in which the Medicines most suitable for colds will be arranged in alphabetical order, and their particular properties and indications for use described.
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cavalcade, Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit, Private Lives, Present Laughter, Post Mortem, Design for Living, Easy Virtue, Tonight at 8:30, This Happy Breed, Ways and Means, Relative Values, Waiting in the Wings, Hands Across the Sea, Fumed Oak, Red Peppers, Still Life, Shadow Play, Family Album, the Astonished Heart, We Were Dancing, a Song at Twilight, the Vortex, Star Chamber, Ace of Clubs, Nude With Violin, Sigh No More, Semi-Monde, Look After Lulu!, the Rat Trap, Operette, Quadrille, Peace in Our Time, the Better Half, on With the Dance, South Sea Bubble, This Was a Man, Sirocco, Fallen Angels. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure. Some writers have seen elements of Mrs. Astley Cooper and her set in the characters of the Bliss family. Coward said that the actress Laurette Taylor was the main model. Coward introduces one of his signature theatrical devices at the end of the play, where the four guests tiptoe out as the curtain falls, leaving disorder behind them a device that he also used in various forms in Present Laughter, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. In 1921, Coward first visited New York City, hopi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=448860 ... Read more

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If you suffer from sneezing, runny noses, or itchy eyes, you might think you have a cold. Instead, it could be an allergy. When you come across something that you are allergic to, your body reacts with sneezing, runny nose, and itchy eyes. ... Read more

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Allergic diseases are rare in areas with high helminth parasite exposure and common where helminth exposure is lacking or significantly reduced, such as urban areas of developing countries and industrialized nations. To test the hypothesis that helminths protect against allergies, Dr Carsten Flohr conducted both clinical and laboratory studies at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Dr Flohr's work has shown that gut parasites, such as hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, can suppress allergic skin sensitisation to environmental allergens, an effect that is probably mediated by parasite-induced anti-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-10. The ultimate aim is to develop allergy drugs from parasite-derived products. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hay Fever, the Life of Edward Ii of England, Dracula, Juno and the Paycock, Desire Under the Elms, the Wrecker, Beggar on Horseback, Handkerchief of Clouds, the Valiant, the Watched Pot, They Knew What They Wanted, Outward Bound, Hell-Bent Fer Heaven. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure. Some writers have seen elements of Mrs. Astley Cooper and her set in the characters of the Bliss family. Coward said that the actress Laurette Taylor was the main model. Coward introduces one of his signature theatrical devices at the end of the play, where the four guests tiptoe out as the curtain falls, leaving disorder behind them a device that he also used in various forms in Present Laughter, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. In 1921, Coward first visited New York City, hoping that American producers would embrace his plays. During that summer, he befriended the playwright Hartley Manners and his wife, the eccentric actress Laurette Taylor. Their "over-the-top theatrical lifestyle" later inspired him in writing Hay Fever. Coward wrote the play in three days in 1924, intending the lead role of Judith Bliss for the a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=448860 ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Boericke & Tafel in 1903 in 182 pages; Subjects: Health & FitnessHay fever/ Popular works; Hay fever; Health & Fitness / Allergies; Health & Fitness / Diseases / Respiratory; Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies; Medical / Immunology; Health & Fitness / Healing; Health & Fitness / Allergies; Medical / Immunology; Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; ... Read more

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THIS 10 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Health for All, by Herbert M. Shelton. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564599787. ... Read more