COLD ALLERGY: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE

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Case Reports1 October 1941COLD ALLERGY: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASEWALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. NICKLAS, M.D.WALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD W. NICKLAS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-4-743 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCold allergy has been known since 1866, when Bourden1described urticaria and syncope due apparently to cold. However, in 1872 Blachez2gave the first classical description of urticaria from cold. Since then several other writers have reported cases of this form of allergy. Since 1924 Duke3has written voluminously on this subject, describing various forms of physical allergy, which he found to be not uncommon. He suggested the possibility that a histamine-like substance might be liberated locally and be responsible in some instances. Lewis4later showed the probable existence of such a substance. In 1929 Horton and Brown5reported a...Bibliography1. BOURDEN : Quoted by Horton, Brown and Roth.6 Google Scholar2. BLACHEZ : Quoted by Horton, Brown and Roth.6 Google Scholar3. DUKE WW: Urticaria caused specifically by the action of physical agents, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxiii, 3. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LEWIS T: The blood vessels of the human skin, etc., 1927, Shaw and Sons, Ltd., London. Google Scholar5. HORTONBROWN BTGE: Systemic histamin-like reactions in allergy due to cold; report of six cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1929, clxxii, 191. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HORTONBROWNROTH BTGEGM: Hypersensitiveness to cold, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1263. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. VAUGHAN WT: Practice of allergy, 1939, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 7, 1940. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPURPURA AS A MANIFESTATION OF PENICILLIN SENSITIVITY*LEO H. CRIEP, M.D., SHELDON G. COHEN, M.D. 1 October 1941Volume 15, Issue 4Page: 743-748KeywordsAllergy and immunologySyncopeUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...