1937 BOVET, Daniel (1907 – 1992); STAUB, Anne-Marie (1914 – 2012)
Action protectrice des éthers phénoliques au cours de l’intoxication histaminique.
First description of structure and action of an antihistamine. In 1957 Bovet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certai…
GMN 1925 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2718
1944 SULZBERGER, Marion Baldur (1895 – 1983)
Penetration of allergens into the human skin.
Proof that allergens that produce urticarial reactions can penetrate the skin from external contact and thus produce the reaction that the authors named “contact urticaria.” With F. Herrmann and R. Baer.
GMN 2605.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3042
1950 FRAPPIER, Armand (1904 – 1991); GUY, Roland (1913 – )
A new and practical B.C.G. skin test (the B.C.G. scarification test) for the detection of the total tuberculous allergy.
GMN 2352 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3132
1963 MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204); MUNTNER, Suessman Alexander (1897 – 1973)
The medical writings of Moses Maimonides. Treatise on asthma.
GMN 6495.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8023
1963 COOMBS, Robert Royston Amos ( (1921 – 2006); GELL, Philip George Houthem (1914 – 2001)
Clinical aspects of immunology.
Gell-Coombs classification of hypersensitivity. Prior to development of this classification, all forms of hypersensitivity were classified as allergies, "and all were thought to be caused by an improper activation of …
GMN 8398 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10575
1966 ISHIZAKA, Kimishige (1925 – 2018); ISHIZAKA, Teruko (1926 – 2019); HORNBROOK, M. M.
Physico-chemical properties of human reaginic antibody. IV. Presence of a unique immunoglobulin as a carrier of reaginic activity.
The antibody class labeled immunoglobulin E (IgE) discovered simultanteously by two independent groups: Ishizaka's team at the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and by Gunnar Johan…
GMN 8399 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10576
1979 –1983 SCHADEWALDT, Hans (1923 – 2009)
Geschichte der Allergie. 4 vols.
GMN 2581.10 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4353
1980 PLATTS-MILLS, Thomas Alexander Evelyn (1941 – ); CHAPMAN, M. D.
Purification and characterization of the major allergen from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus-antigen P1.
First purification and publication of a dust mite allergen in 1978 by Platts-Mills and Chapman.
GMN 12388 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14615
1992 COHEN, Sheldon G. (1919 – 2013); SAMTER, Max (1909 – 1999)
Excerpts from classics in Allergy. Second edition.
GMN 9928 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12116
2002 –2007 MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204); MCVAUGH, Michael Rogers (1938 – ); BOS, Gerrit
Maimonides on asthma: a parallel Arabic-English text, edited, translated and annotated by Gerrit Bos. Maimonides on asthma, Vol. 2: Critical editions of medieval Hebrew and Latin translations by Gerrit Bos and Michael R. McVaugh.
GMN 8245 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10421
2009 PLATTS-MILLS, Thomas Alexander Evelyn (1941 – ); COMMINS, Scott Palmer; SATINOVER, Shama M.; ET AL
Delayed anaphylaxis, angioedema, or urticaria after consumption of red meat in patients with IgE antibodies specific for galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose.
Discovery of mammalian meat allergy (MMA) or Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), also called Alpha-gal allergy, a type of meat allergy characterized by delayed onset of symptoms (3-8 hours) after ingesting mammalian meat. The a…
GMN 14137 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16450
2013 SHEIKH, Aziz; PLATTS-MILLS, Thomas Alexander Evelyn (1941 – ); WORTH, Allison
Landmark papers in allergy. Seminal papers in allergy with expert commentaries. Edited by Aziz Sheikh, Thomas Platts-Mills, and Allison Worth.
GMN 12389 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14616
2014 RING, Johannes; BERGMANN, Karl-Christian
History of allergy. Edited by K. C. Bergmann and J. Ring. (Chemical Immunology and Allergy Vol. 100.)
Allergy through 20 centuries; most common allergic diseases: historical reflections; mechanisms of allergy: important discoveries; detection and environmental influences and allergens; progress in allergy management; …
GMN 8397 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10574
2015 SMITH, Matthew
Another person's poison: A history of food allergy.
GMN 8043 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10219
