The conventional approach, used by the authors of most textbooks upon this subject, is used here. Starting with a historical review of the subject and working through such topics as complications, etiological agents, method of history taking, skin testing procedures, treatment, general care and advice, the book closes with a brief discussion of conditions which are less surely members of the specific sensitivity group of phenomena, although generally conceded as belonging in it, in some instances at least.
The author has limited his appeal strictly to the needs of the lay patient, avoiding the pitfalls inherent in any attempt to