An Evaluation of the Skin Test in Allergy
Authors: H. L. Alexander
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 July 1931An Evaluation of the Skin Test in AllergyH. L. ALEXANDER, M.D.H. L. ALEXANDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-1-52 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe word "allergy" as used in these remarks, has to do solely with the clinical condition that is represented by the asthma-hay fevereczema group of cases. The conception of this type of allergy, as well as its rapid and extensive development during the past fifteen years, has been dependent largely on the skin test. The test consists of the introduction of extracts of foreign substances called "allergens" or "atopens," into the dermal cells. If there be antibodies present to the particular allergen applied to these cells, a reaction in the form of a wheal with a surrounding erythematous zone will...Bibliography BLACKFAN KD: Am. Jour. Dis. Ch., 11: 441, 1916; Am. Jour. Med. Sc. 160: 150, 1920. Google Scholar WALKER IC: Canad. Med. Assn. Jour., 9: 97, 1919. MedlineGoogle Scholar SANFORD AH: Minnesota Med., 3: 174, 1920. Google Scholar RAMIREZ MA: Arch. Dermat and Syph., 2:356, 1920. Google Scholar SCHLOSS O: Am. Jour. Dis. Ch., 19:433, 1920. Google Scholar BAKER HM: Am. Jour. Dis. Ch., 19:120, 1920. Google Scholar GOTTLIEB MJ: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 75: 814, 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar CAULFEILD AH: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 76:1071, 1921. CrossrefGoogle Scholar O'KEEFE ES: Bost. Med. and Surg. Jour., 183:569, 1921; Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 78:483, 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar VANDERVEER A: Am. Jour. Med. Sc., 164:97, 1922; 174:101, 1927. Google Scholar LATHAMCOKE AF: Practitioner, 109:121, 1922. Google Scholar COOKE RA: Jour. Immunol., 7:147, 1922. Google Scholar GOULD AG: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 80: 394, 1923. CrossrefGoogle Scholar CORPER FJ: Am. Jour. Dis. Ch., 29:355, 1925. Google Scholar CHANT EH: Canad. Med. Assn. Jour., 15: 1240, 1925. MedlineGoogle Scholar PESHKIN MM: Am. Jour. Dis. Ch., 32: 862, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FINEMAN AH: Jour. Immunol., 11:465, 1926. Google Scholar VAUGHAN WT: Jour. Lab. and Clin. Med., 13:24, 1927. Google Scholar BALYEAT RM: Jour. Lab. and Clin. Med., 13:24, 1927, p. 516; Jour. of Allergy, 1:516, 1930. Google Scholar CLARKE JA: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 89: 866, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar SMITH WA: Mil. Surg., 61: 560, 1927. Google Scholar COKE S: Brit. Med. Jour. 1927, i, 955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MCLAUGHLIN JA: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 89:863, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ROWE AH: Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 91: 1623, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BAAGOË KH: Klin. Wchschr. 7:307, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar RACKEMANNCOLMES FMA: Jour. Allery, 1: 2, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar EYERMANN CH: Jour. Allergy, 1:350, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar Author's Statistics and Personal Communications. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Mo.*From the Department of Medicine, Washington University, and Barnes Hospital, St. Louis.†Delivered at the Baltimore Meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 24, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPathomechanism: Genetic and Immunological FactorsLate Phase Eustachian Tube and Nasal Allergic Responses Associated with Inflammatory Mediator ElaborationImmediate Skin Reactivity and Its Relationship to Age, Sex, Smoking, and Occupational ExposureNasal Smear as a Screening Test for Immediate-Type Nasal AllergyEvaluation of skin tests and desensitization in allergic rhinitisImmediate Skin-Test Reactivity in a General Population SampleROBERT A. BARBEE, M.D., MICHAEL D. LEBOWITZ, Ph.D., HUGH C. THOMPSON, M.D., BENJAMIN BURROWS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Respiratory Disorders and Allergy Skin-Test ReactionsBENJAMIN BURROWS, M.D., F.A.C.P., MICHAEL D. LEBOWITZ, Ph.D., ROBERT A. BARBEE, M.D.Neurodermitis constitutionalis sive atopicaNEURODERMITIS VOM KLINISCH-DERMATOLOGISCHEN STANDPUNKTAllgemeiner TeilGastrointestinal allergy in childrenA critical analysis of animal dander reactionsDie experimentellen Grundlagen der Erkennung und Behandlung der allergischen KrankheitenImmunologyÜber das Vorkommen von sogen. latenter Allergie1Die Allergene und die diagnostische Prüfung auf Allergie 1 July 1931Volume 5, Issue 1Page: 52-56KeywordsAllergensAllergy and immunologyAntibodiesCellsHospital medicineSkin tests ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...