ABSTRACT
History of allergy Allergic disorders have been described as far back as 3000 BC, when King Menes, who ruled Egypt, was killed by a hornet. Greek scholars described the clinical symptoms of asthma, although this encompassed different types of breathing problem. In 1552, Dr Carden, a contemporary Italian physician, cured the Archbishop of St Andrew’s from asthma by getting rid of the feather quilt and pillows which he had used. In 1586, Marcello Donati of Germany described an aristocrat whose lips swelled whenever he indulged in eggs.
