Probable Gastrointestinal Reaction to Soybean

Abstract

FROM inability to let well alone; from too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; from putting knowledge before wisdom, Science before Art and cleverness before common sense; from treating patients as cases, from making the cure of the disease more grievous than the endurance of the same, Good Lord deliver us.¹ In recent years the substitution of soybean preparations for milk has been urged for the relatively rare patient with milk allergy and as a result has been used for a large variety of poorly defined conditions.² The following case is reported because it represents . . .