Practical Management of the Allergic Child

Practical Management of the Allergic Child, by Vincent J. Fontana, represents a unique book. It does not try to compete with the wellknown standard textbooks in pediatric allergy, such as Glaser's Allergy in Childhood, or The Allergic Child edited by Speer, but merely intends to give practical advice to the pediatrician, internist, and general practitioner who deals with the day-by-day aspects of allergic illness in the young. Practical Management of the Allergic Child is a one-author book. This has the advantage of offering the reader a critical abstract of what worked best during a vast clinical experience, and does not confuse him with a great amount of conflicting ideas and contradictions between various investigators. Unfortunately, it also removes the check valve, inherent in a multiple-author book, which would prevent a work from going too far in any particular direction. For instance, it would have been better had Fontana left the