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Theron (THEER-on, ) is a surname of Occitan origin (from place-names Théron, Thérond [terɔ̃] variant form of *Thoron — same as Le Thor (Vaucluse, Torum ) — from PIE*tur- or Latin torus "height"), and a given name in English. It may refer to:

Given name

• Theron of Acragas (died BC), 5th century BC tyrant of Acragas, Sicily
• Theron Akin (–), U.S. Representative from New York
• Theron Baldwin (–), American Congregational minister
• Theron C. Bennett (–), American pianist, ragtime composer, and music publisher
• Theron Cooper (born ), Bahamian sprinter
• Theron S. Copeland (–), American law enforcement officer
• Theron Drew (–), American LDS schismatic
• Theron Ephron Catlin (–), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Theron Feemster, American record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer
• Theron J. Fouts (–), American football player and coach
• Theron Hale (–), American old-time fiddle and banjo player
• Theron Lyman (–), American football player and coach
• Theron Lynd (–), American circuit clerk, who was subject of six year of legal issues for voter discrimination
• Theron Metcalf (–), New England jurist and judge
• Theron W. Mortimer (–), American football player and coach
• Theron Newell (–), American writer
• Theron R. Perlee (–), American soldier and politician
• Theron T. Pond (–), American pharmacist and businessman
• Theron Randolph, MD (–), founder of the holistic field of environmental illness and medicine known as clinical ecology
• Theron Read (–), American film actor
• Theron Moses Rice (–), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Theron Sapp (born ), former American football running back
• Theron Smith (born ), American cartoonist and designer
• Theron Smith (born ), American professional basketball player
• Theron Strinden (–), American politician and businessman
• Theron R. Strong (–), American politician and lawyer
• Theron Wasson (–), American petroleum geologist and engineer
• Theron Wood (born ), Caymanian footballer

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Definition

Environmental therapy, also known as environmental medicine and formerly called clinical ecology, is the diagnosis and treatment of conditions caused by environmental factors.

Origins

The founder of environmental medicine was Theron G. Randolph, M.D., who was a trained specialist in internal medicine, immunology, and allergies . Several decades ago, Randolph became concerned with chronically ill patients who had symptoms of allergies and immune system disorders, but didn't respond to conventional medical care. Randolph believed that patients were getting sick from environmental substances and pollutants that allergy specialists could not determine or did not recognize as causing illness. Conventional allergy specialists in Randolph's time believed that allergies could only be detected by measuring the response of immunoglobulin E (IgE). IgE is a particular antibody produced by the immune system when an antigen (foreign substance) triggers a reaction. Randolph believed that testing for allergies using only this technique limited the determination of immune system problems. Using other tests and techniques, he found that many substances that didn't necessarily cause increased amounts of IgE could create allergic symptoms and complications in the body. Research has since shown that food allergies cause increases in immunoglobulin G (IgG) and not in IgE. Scientists now recognize that the immune system is too complex to be measured by only one test.

Randolph also found that allergic and toxic substances often produce subtle reactions in the body that may accumulate into major illnesses and problems. Many of these substances were not previously thought of as allergenic or toxic, including numerous common foods and chemicals (particularly petrochemicals and by-products of industry). Randolph determined that environmental agents could cause mental and behavioral disturbances as well as physical symptoms. Randolph and other doctors

Theron Grant Randolph (July 7, – September 29, ) was a physician, allergist, and researcher from the United States. He studied food allergies, chemical sensitivities, and preventive care. Randolph, along with some other American allergists, objected to the definition of allergies as arising from serological abnormalities; this definition, common among European allergists of Randolph's day, excluded from consideration the kinds of non-immunological adverse environmental reactions that Randolph studied.

Randolph authored four books and over medical articles and is considered the "Father of Clinical Ecology". According to his obituary in The New York Times, "traditional medical bodies which contended there was no scientific basis for his approach, are sharply skeptical of Dr. Randolph's unorthodox therapies". The obituary then goes on to note a, "small but discernible shift in attitude toward the issue of chemical sensitivity. In , a workshop of the National Academy of Sciences agreed on a definition, designating as a syndrome cases in which patients react to chemicals at levels far lower than what is normally tolerated."

Research area

Randolph was an allergologist who graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, was a research fellow in allergy and immunology at the Harvard Medical School, and then taught at the Northwestern University Medical School until, as he put it, he was forced out because of his unorthodox teaching. He wrote extensively about his clinical research into multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), a controversial condition at that time that has slowly grown in acceptance.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences definition of MCS as a "chronic, recurring disease caused by a person's inability to tolerate an environmental chemical or class of foreign chemicals" is consistent with Dr. Randolph's writings. The general prevalence of MCS in the U.S. is consi

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Theron Grant Randolph, MD

Dr. Randolph was a founding member of NOHA’s Professional Advisory Board. He educated thousands of his patients on the environmental impingements on their health and pioneered an ecological orientation in medicine. In the early ’s he discovered that a number of his patients were being make ill by environmental exposures to everyday chemicals such as pesticides in foods, auto exhaust, and gas cooking stoves. They would recover from what had often been chronic symptoms when the exposures were removed. If they were re-exposed acute symptoms often flared up. In based on his previous articles and clinical observations he summarized his findings in his medical monograph, Human Ecology and Susceptibility to the Chemical Environment. He later co-authored an equivilent book for the non-medical public, An Alternative Approach to Allergies: The New Field of Clinical Ecology Unravels the Environmental Causes of Mental and Physical Ills with Ralph W. Moss, PhD. In addition, he published over scientific papers which have contributed to the treatment and understanding of numerous diseases. His physician colleagues and followers honored him for originating and developing the comprehensive environmental control unit, which is used as a technique for demonstrating cause and effect relationships from exposure to common foods and environmental chemicals. Also, he played a crucial role in founding and encouraging the development of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine.

In , Dr. Randolph began a private practice and became a member of the staff of Northwestern University Medical School. He boldly announced that he did not follow the familiar skin tests favored by the other orthodox allergists, but concentrated on food ingestion tests. When Dr. Randolph made his morning rounds, some medical students asked to accompany him. His quiet, dignified manner attracted inquisitive students. By foll