Milk sensitivity and soybean sensitivity in the production of eczematous manifestations in breast-fed infants with particular reference to intrauterine sensitization.

Three cases of milk sensitivity and two of soybean sensitivity are presented, suggesting that both pre-natal and post-natal sensitization may have been involved in the production of eczematous manifestations of early infancy. Hemagglutinating antibody titers against lactalbumin and soybean in the amniotic fluid were unusually high. This suggests that hemagglutinating antibody estimation against foods in the amniotic fluid may possibly predict infantile allegic manifestations in the newborn.