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Summaries of the Bibliographic Material Available in the Field of Otolaryngology

PRESENT STATUS OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF ALLERGY IN ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTOLARYNGOLOGY

W. W. DUKE, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1925;2(6):587-606.

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PHYSICAL ALLERGY

In the previous paragraphs, several varieties of altered reaction have been described, each caused by sensitiveness to material substances. In the subsequent paragraphs, I will describe altered reaction quite similar in character to the foregoing which is not caused by sensitiveness to material substances, but by specific hypersensitiveness to the action of physical agents, such as light, heat, cold and mechanical irritation. In allergy of this type, we find several different varieties of reaction.

The effect on hive, hay-fever and asthma cases of changes in temperature and moisture in the air, "changes in barometric pressure," heat, exercise, emotional disturbances and reflexes has been noticed and mentioned to me by many patients. The effect of these agencies has been repeatedly mentioned in medical literature. This action, however, has been looked on as a matter of secondary importance, and has been believed to be an inciting . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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KANSAS CITY, MO.

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