ALLERGY AND THE ALLERGIC
SIR,—Janus's remarks on " allergic " are interesting and true as -.far as they go. Allergic may indicate dislike or hostility, but also indicates conflict in the subject, i.e., a person may be allergic to oysters, though in fact very fond of oysters, but cannot eat them as they upset him. By usage the term has been extended (I think I am right in saying that it was originally used as medical jargon only), and people now talk about being allergic to others, meaning that they admire others and see their good points but cannot get on with them.- This term can be applied to situations, circumstances, etc., and was much used by the medical fraternity during the war, at least by the younger members.—Yours
Province Medical Inspector (M.o.H.), Blue Nile Province. Wad Medani Civil Hospital, Sudan.
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