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A BMJ reader is writing a biography of Charles Thomas Haden (1786-1824), a London doctor who was greatly admired by Jane Austen, and is looking for information on the location of Haden's private and professional papers, letters, and journals, and the papers of his wife, Emma Harrison. Haden was a surgeon at the Chelsea and Brompton Dispensary, vice president of the Associated Apothecaries and Surgeon-Apothecaries, parteditor of the Medical Intelligencer, and translator of Francois Magendie's Formulary (1823). If you can help, please contact Brian Southam on

Contact urticaria to non‐latex synthetic glove material: A case report

“…In another case, type I hypersensitivity to 2,2′‐methylene‐bis‐(4‐methyl‐6‐ tert ‐butylphenol), an antioxidant used in the manufacture of nitrile, has been confirmed, although this diagnosis relied upon the provision of glove constituent information by the manufacturers 3 . Similar to other reported cases of type I hypersensitivity to synthetic gloves, however, the responsible allergen in our patient was not identifiable using standard clinical investigations 4,5 . This case highlights that although rare, type I hypersensitivity to nitrile glove materials can occur and its diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion.…”

“…3 Similar to other reported cases of type I hypersensitivity to synthetic gloves, however, the responsible allergen in our patient was not identifiable using standard clinical investigations. 4,5 This case highlights that although rare, type I hypersensitivity to nitrile glove materials can occur and its diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion.…”