PROPHYLAXIS IN ALLERGY
Authors: Richard A. Kern
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 February 1939PROPHYLAXIS IN ALLERGYRICHARD A. KERN, M.D., F.A.C.P.RICHARD A. KERN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-8-1175 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen an allergist, confronted with the difficult and at times hopeless problem of the patient with advanced allergic disease, traces back the story to its beginnings—the severe and perennial asthma, that a few years ago was only an occasional attack, and before that, mild nasal symptoms, untreated because they seemed so insignificant—he cannot help but think how much easier it would have been to help this patient in those earlier stages, and why was nothing done to prevent the onset and progress of his various sensitivities? Although our knowledge of the development of the allergic state is as yet defective...References1. COOKE RA: Prevention of asthma and preasthmatic conditions, Med. Jr. and Rec., 1925, cxxii, 537. Google Scholar2. ROWE AH: Clinical allergy, 1937, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. TUFT L: Clinical allergy, 1937, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. VAUGHAN WT: Allergy and applied immunology, 1931, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis. Google Scholar5. KERN RA: Studies in heredity, in allergy and in diabetes, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1934, xlix, 23. Google Scholar6. URBACH E: Klinik u. Therapie der allergischen Krankheiten, 1935, Wilhelm Maudrach, Vienna. Google Scholar7. SCHLOSSWORTHEN OMTD: The permeability of the gastrointestinal tract of infants to undigested proteins, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1916, xi, 342. Google Scholar8. RATNERJACKSONGRUEHL BHCH: Transmission of protein sensitization from mother to offspring, Jr. Immunol., 1927, xiv, 249, 267, 275, 303. Google Scholar9. BLACK JH: The development of sensitiveness in an allergic person, Jr. Allergy, 1932, iv, 24. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SHANNON WR: Eczema in breast-fed infants as a result of sensitization to foods in mother's dietary, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1922, xxiii, 392. Google Scholar11. O'KEEFE ES: Eczema in exclusively breast-fed babies, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1925, cxc, 415. Google Scholar12. POUNDERS CM: Intestinal disturbances in infancy due to allergy, Arch. Pediat., 1932, xlix, 314. Google Scholar13. GOODMAN H: Cosmetic dermatology, 1936, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. Google Scholar14. RAMIREZ MA: Horse asthma following blood transfusion, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1919, lxxiii, 984. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pa.*Presented before The American College of Physicians, New York, April 5, 1938.From the Division of Medicine, Allergy Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByReferencesFacilitating an Informed Decision About BreastfeedingHuman Milk as a ProphylaxisMaking an informed decision about infant feedingHuman milk as a prophylaxis in allergyXLVIII Some Practical Considerations concerning Respiratory AllergyAllergic diseases in childhood 1 February 1939Volume 12, Issue 8Page: 1175-1188KeywordsAllergic diseasesAllergy and immunologyAsthmaHospital medicineProphylaxis Issue Published: 1 February 1939 CopyrightCopyright, 1939, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF DownloadLoading ...