PMID: 14390006Jul 1, 1955Paper

The place of allergy in medicine

California Medicine
N SHURE

Abstract

Much of the management of uncomplicated allergic disease has fallen within the province of the general practitioner and the specialist who does not limit his practice to allergy. This is the result of the simplification of standard techniques, the availability of excellent post-graduate instruction and the increasing quality of commercially prepared desensitizing extracts and other material. The newer drugs, particularly the antihistamines and the corticosteroids, have made the symptomatic care of patients with severe diseases of allergic origin less complicated. As a result, the physician who limits his practice to allergy has become more of a specialist, in that he is called upon only to deal with the more difficult cases. Since the practice of allergy involves many parts of the body and often overlaps other recognized specialties, it cannot fall into the classification of any one already recognized medical specialty. It is desirable, therefore, that an American Board of Allergy be established to set up criteria for practice and to examine and qualify applicants.

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