... Chemistry, Physiology, Phar-macology, Pathology, Experimental and Clinical Investiga-tions. The University of Chicago Press; 1939. 36. Urist RM: Induced systemic hypersensitivity: Selye's theory.Science ... prevention. The increasing interest in the vitamin D hypothesis is understandable because all otherhypotheses about the origin of the allergy epidemic havelargely failed to provide any clear answers. ... context. The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence of rickets, vitaminD supply, and allergy prevalence at 50-year intervals by means of a retrospective analysis of the literature since...