Origin The Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet coined the word allergy in 1906 to describe an altered reaction of the immune system, laying the conceptual groundwork the clinical specialty later formed around.
Allergy and immunology is the internal medicine subspecialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of immune system disorders, including asthma, allergic rhinitis, food and drug allergy, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disease. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin YearThe year 1906 is when von Pirquet introduced the word allergy to medicine; the clinical specialty formed around that concept later, so this dates the concept and not a formal specialty founding. Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet coined the word allergy in 1906 to describe an altered reaction of the immune system, laying the conceptual groundwork the clinical specialty later formed around. 2 Classification
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Anaphylaxis, Conditions Severe, rapid-onset systemic allergic reaction; allergy and immunology specialty.
Notable Specialists
Source Max Samter (Wikipedia)
Source National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. Allergy (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section
The word 'allergy' was first used by Clemens von Pirquet in 1906.
History section, origin of the term paragraph
The concept of "allergy" was originally introduced in 1906 by the Viennese pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet, after he noticed that patients who had received injections of horse serum or smallpox vaccine usually had quicker, more severe reactions to second injections.
View the Source 3. The History and Science of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1 (PMC)
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He presented his findings in 1906 in the Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Lead paragraph 1Quote, Notable Specialists: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Lead paragraph 1
infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases
Max Samter (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Max Samter, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Max Samter, Lead
Max Samter (March 8, 1909, February 9, 1999) was a German-American immunologist who first extensively studied the triad between asthma, aspirin allergy, and nasal polyps
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