Nevertheless, we need to stress the importance of a precise terminolo-
gy in the individual chapters; this is not a sophisticated philosophy but
rather reflects the inherent problems, which may be overlooked at a su-
perficial glance, but which are the daily bread and butter of serious aller-
gists.
Furthermore, it was important in the selection of references not only
– as is so often seen nowadays – to look through “three years of Medline”
but also to include important work from the past. Therefore, I politely
ask the reader – maybe like on a holiday trip – to trust the more or less ex-
perienced guidance of the author; this guided tour will be subjective, but
I promise to relate the most important points in a short and precise way.
Here I want to thank many people. Firstly my clinical and experimen-
tal teachers and mentors, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Otto Braun-Falco,
the master of exact clinical description, the unforgettable Prof. Dr. med.
Walter Brendel, who gave me the spirit of enthusiasm for immunology,
Prof. Dr. med. habil. Erich Fuchs, the grand old man of German allergo-
logy for many discussions, fruitful critical remarks and always enlight-
ening exchanges of ideas over the decades. Prof. Dr. med. Alain de Weck
has given me much scientific input and has supported me on my way into
the international allergy community. Dr. Eng Tan was my teacher as a
“post doc” at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla. To
my predecessors at university chairs, Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Schulz and Prof.
Dr. Theodor Nasemann in Hamburg-Eppendorf, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil.
Siegfried Borelli at the Department of Dermatology, Biederstein in Mu-
nich. I am thankful for the excellent tradition of clinical allergology
which I was allowed to continue.
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