Allergy: Trends and Their Implications

Article1 November 1947ALLERGY: TRENDS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONSSAMUEL M. FEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL M. FEINBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-5-723 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe procedures in the present day management of some of the allergic manifestations are chiefly the result of concepts and experimental findings established many years earlier. 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Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Presented before the Chicago meeting of the American College of Physicians, May 2, 1947.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Northwestern University Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDisseminated Lupus Erythematosus Occurring among Student Nurses* 1 November 1947Volume 27, Issue 5Page: 723-732KeywordsAllergy and immunologyAsthmaFevers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...