Linseed Meal Sensitization
Authors: Grafton Tyler Brown
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 December 1930Linseed Meal SensitizationGRAFTON TYLER BROWN, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.GRAFTON TYLER BROWN, B.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-6-601 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough occasional references to flaxseed or linseed sensitization are scattered through the vast literature on allergy, it seems to me that hypersensitiveness to this substance is deserving of further emphasis.REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREContact with ground flaxseed, in the preparation of flaxseed poultices, has been known to produce urticaria of the hands and arms, and also asthmatic attacks. Walker1 reported one case of angioneurotic edema caused by flaxseed.Cooke2referred to one patient with asthma and coryza from linseed, and testing this patient intradermally with linseed extract produced an immediate constitutional reaction manifested by asthma, coryza, urticaria, and also...References1 WALKER IC: Causation of Eczema, Urticaria and Angioneurotic Edema—By Proteins Other Than Those Derived From Food, J. A. M. A. 70:897 (March 30) 1918. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 COOKE RA: Studies in Specific Hypersensitiveness: III. On Constitutional Reactions: The Dangers of the Diagnostic Cutaneous Test and Therapeutic Injection of Allergens, J. Immunol. 7:119 (March) 1922. Google Scholar3 MEYER GP: Asthma, M. Clin, N. Am. 7:1015, 1924. Google Scholar4 PINESSMILLER GPH: Cutaneous Manifestations of Protein Allergy, Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 14:145 (Aug.) 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 NICHOLSON D: Cutaneous Reactions to Flax and Linen in Five Cases of Bronchial Asthma and Two of Hay-Fever, with Poor Results from Specific Treatment, Canad. M. A. J. 17:552 (May) 1927. MedlineGoogle Scholar6 BROWN GT: History Taking in Bronchial Asthma, J. A. M. A. 88:1693 (May 28) 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 ROWE AH: Allergy in the Etiology of Disease, J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 13:31 (Oct.) 1927. Google Scholar8 FEINBERG SM: Household Objects as Causes of Hypersensitiveness, J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 13:220 (Dec.) 1927. Google Scholar9 FIGLEYELROD KDRH: Endemic Asthma Due to Castor Bean Dust, J. A. M. A. 90:79 (Jan. 14) 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 THOMAS WS: Asthma, New York, Paul B. Hoeber, 1928, p. 124. Google Scholar11 BALYEAT RM: Perennial Hay Fever: Diagnosis and Treatment, Based on the Study of Four Hundred and Forty-One Cases, South. M. J. 22:492 (May) 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 BLACK WC: Flax Hypersensitiveness, J. A. M. A. 94:1064 (April 5) 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 COCAMILFORD AFEL: Studies in Specific Hypersensitiveness: XVII. The Preparation of Fluid Extracts and Solutions for Use in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Atopic Conditions, J. Immunol. 10:555 (March) 1925. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions, Atlantic City, N. J., May 3, 1930. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAsthma produced by susceptibility to unusual allergensA report of six cases of flaxseed sensitization with review of the literature 1 December 1930Volume 4, Issue 6Page: 601-612KeywordsAllergy and immunologyAsthmaEdemaPatientsUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...