Theron Randolph

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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 of food allergies, chemical allergies, and preventive 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. [1] [2] [3]

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. [1]

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  1. ^ a b Moss, Ralph W.; Randolph, Theron G. (1980). An alternative approach to allergies: the new field of clinical ecology unravels the environmental causes of mental and physical ills. New York: Lippincott & Crowell. ISBN 069001998x. 
  2. ^ Randolph, Theron G. (1987). Environmental medicine: beginnings and bibliographies of clinical ecology. Fort Collins, CO: Clinical Ecology Publications. ISBN 0-943771-00-5. 
  3. ^ Randolph, Theron G. (1962). Human ecology and susceptibility to the chemical environment. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. ISBN 0-398-01548-1. 
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