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edited by Leo H. Criep, ed 5; 962 pp, 197 illus, $35.50, New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1970.

Joseph E. Johnson III, MD, Reviewer
University of Florida Gainesville

JAMA. 1970;213(3):469.

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In the first half of the 20th century, the clinical practice of allergy was principally empiric, and treatment in major part consisted of desensitization techniques. The new immunological knowledge is now being widely applied to such diverse fields as organ transplantation, the pathogenesis and treatment of malignant disease, and a variety of autoimmune disorders, renal disease, and infections. The clinical allergist sometimes found himself considerably deficient in the "new immunology."

Clinical Immunology and Allergy, edited by Leo H. Criep, appears aimed initially at the clinical allergist and represents an admirable attempt both to bring together much of the recent information on the immunology of the traditional atopic diseases and, at the same time, to embrace the wider applications of the new immunology. The first part includes a well-organized section on fundamentals of immunology. This section is followed by the core of the book, "Reactions of Hypersensitivity," which covers fairly comprehensively . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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