- Theron Randolph
Theron Randolph (1906 - 1995) was a doctor, allergist, and researcher from the United States. He wrote four books and over 300
medical articles. He was a leading researcher in the fields offood allergies , chemical allergies, andpreventive care . He co-founded the American Academy of Environmental Medicine in 1965. Randolph, along with other American allergists, objected to the definition of allergies as arising from serological abnormalities; this definition, common among European allergists of Randolph's day, excluded from consideration the kinds of adverse environmental reactions that Randolph studied.Theron G. Randolph published a number of books on Clinical Ecology and Environmental Medicine. cite book |author=Moss, Ralph W.; Randolph, Theron G. |title=An alternative approach to allergies: the new field of clinical ecology unravels the environmental causes of mental and physical ills |publisher=Lippincott & Crowell |location=New York |year=1980 |pages= |isbn=069001998x |oclc= |doi=] cite book |author=Randolph, Theron G. |title=Environmental medicine: beginnings and bibliographies of clinical ecology |publisher=Clinical Ecology Publications |location=Fort Collins, CO |year=1987 |pages= |isbn=0-943771-00-5 |oclc= |doi=] cite book |author=Randolph, Theron G. |title=Human ecology and susceptibility to the chemical environment |publisher=Thomas |location=Springfield, Ill |year=1962 |pages= |isbn=0-398-01548-1 |oclc= |doi=]
In the forward to his first book Richard Makarness wrote; Randolp's great contribution has been to show that what twentieth century man has done and is doing to the environment, including food, drink and air is responsible for at least 30 per cent of the sickness which takes people to the doctor. Even more important, in the long run, is his work on the chemical hazards to health in our modern industrialized society. cite book |author=Moss, Ralph W.; Randolph, Theron G. |title=An alternative approach to allergies: the new field of clinical ecology unravels the environmental causes of mental and physical ills |publisher=Lippincott & Crowell |location=New York |year=1980 |pages= |isbn=069001998x |oclc= |doi=]
ee also
*
Multiple chemical sensitivity
*Clinical ecology
*American Academy of Environmental Medicine homepage [http://www.aaem.com/]References
*Miller, Claudia. "Toxicant-induced Loss of Tolerance." "Addiction" 96 (2000), 115–139.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
