Joe McDoakes takes every precaution to protect himself from the symptoms of his allergies, primarily sneezing, the problem being that he doesn't know to what he is allergic which makes him somewhat neurotic. Joe comes from a long line of allergy sufferers, his ancestor, MacGregor McDoakes who at least tried to do research of the causes of his sneezing. Medical science still has much to learn about the causes of allergies, but knows a few statistics: that there is a higher concentration of allergies in big cities; that it is often combined with nervousness and/or emotions; and that allergies can be inherited. Joe may only be able to relax if he finds the cause of his sneezing and deals with it appropriately.
—Huggo