History of allergy in antiquity.

History of allergy in antiquity. Chem Immunol Allergy. 2014;100:2-14 Authors: Ring J Abstract Allergic diseases are not new. They have been described in the early medical literature in various cultures like Egypt, China, indigenous America and in the Greco-Roman tradition. The terms 'idiosyncrasy', 'asthma' and 'eczema' are still in use today. The most famous allergic individual of antiquity with the whole triad of atopic diseases and a positive family history of atopy probably was Emperor Octavianus Augustus. PMID: 24925379 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Chemical Immunology and Allergy - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Chem Immunol Allergy Source Type: research