Matthew Smith is a senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare and was recently named a BBC New Generation Thinker. His previous books include Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD and An Alternative History of Hyperactivity: Food Additives and the Feingold Diet.
A thoughtful, well-sourced, and well-analyzed history of food allergies. This book is an important contribution to the history of medicine. It will stand as definitive for some time. -- Carla Keirns, Stony Brook University This excellent resource is strongly recommended for those interested in the history of health research, including undergraduates, graduates, and medical professionals. * Library Journal * While much remains to be discovered about food allergies, Smith capably introduces readers to the complex and confounding connection between what we eat and our bodies' adverse reactions. * Booklist * The story Mr. Smith tells is fundamentally fascinating... * New York Times * Well-rounded... It will broaden your knowledge and may lead you to consider allergy in new ways. * New York Journal of Books * An expansive tour.... Smith's history is a finely detailed examination of the discipline. * Allergic Living Magazine * An absorbing treatise.... This book is an excellent introduction to the popular topic of food allergies.... Recommended. * Choice * Smith's book is a fascinating overview of the contested history and meanings of food allergy over the past century. * Los Angeles Review of Books * A focused, well-researched book.... This insightful monograph should inspire a host of other scholars. -- Kendra Smith-Howard * H-Sci-Med-Tech * Smith deals lightly but competently with complex issues, using anecdotes and case studiesto provide an appealing narrative. * Social History of Medicine * An illuminating in-depth look at the tumultuous history of one of the more divisive members of the allergy family.... rich, thoughtful, and accessible addition to the history of medicine. It is also a gripping work of social commentary, full of twists and suprises, which will undoubtedly stimulate further debate - on and off the dinner table. * Food Culture Society * An insightful, engaging, and very useful book on the history of food allergy.... a welcome contribution to the growing literature on the history of food and nutrition in medicine and public health. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine * Another Person's Poison is extremely well written, easy to read yet scholarly, and extensively documented. * Isis *