i saw on the door — of what was called the innoculation department at that time — a notice they wantedmornings a week and one afternoon. and i was free, so i said all right, i'll — and i went in to do that, and after six weeks working in the allergies department, i said to my chief, could it be full—time? he said yes. the reason i went into allergies was by chance. i want to quickly talk to you about the thing, most people will be, the greatest benefit they have got from your research, deep into allergies, you became increasingly convinced that it would be very useful, given the amount of asthma, the amount of allergic reactions people were getting to the air they were breathing, and in particular the amount of pollen in the air, you decided it was very important to measure, properly measure the amount of pollen in the air, which, ultimately, gave rise to the daily pollen count, which we now see in most countries of the world as an official measure. how proud do you feel about the spread of the pollen count? rather sadly, i don't feel... quite often people say ah, you are responsible f