title: Back to basics.
abstract: A friend had an allergic reaction while we were on holiday this year. We spent an hour or so in the local GP's waiting room, which, on a hot July day, was as gloomy as a funeral parlour. It was square, with benches arranged against the walls, which made conversation difficult especially as everyone else sat mutely gazing into space.
authors.affiliation: In Hampshire.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates