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Allergie.
Third edition. By H. E. Bock et al. (24 contributors). Edited by Prof. Dr. K. Hansen. Price, DM 187; $44.50. Pp. 1212, with 305 illustrations (some in color). Georg Thieme Verlag, Herdweg 63, (14a) Stuttgart N; Intercontinental Medical Book Corporation, 381 Fourth Ave., New York 16, 1956.
Max Samter, M.D., Reviewer
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;100(5):853.
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The third edition of this standard text is an impressive accomplishment. The contributors— Europeans, but mostly Germans—are well-known authorities in their respective fields. My former teacher, the late Professor Rössle, wrote the chapters on the investigative history of allergy and on the clinical pathology of allergic diseases; Klinge and Fassbender, the chapter on the experimental pathology of allergy. The editor, Professor Hansen, contributed chapters on functional changes which are the result of antigen-antibody reactions; on sensitizing agents; on diagnostic procedures, and the chapters on clinical allergies of the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract, and the nervous system. No aspect of allergy is omitted; the book has been put together with a craftsman's attention to detail. The fact that it ends with a comprehensive review of allergic diseases in animals (Wagener) might convey a rough idea about its design.
It is, perhaps, understandable that such an ambitious project cannot be without flaws. The chapters are uneven; some are clear and precise, some (such
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Communications to this Department may be sent directly to Dr. William B. Bean, University Hospitals, State University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, or to the Chief Editor for transmissal to him.
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