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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | History of Allergy |
| Publisher | S. Karger AG |
| Pages | 2-14 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Volume | 100 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783318021950 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783318021943 |
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| State | Published - 27 May 2014 |