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Pioneers and milestones

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Clemens von Pirquet, MD (1874-1929)

Clemens von Pirquet, MD (1874-1929). (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine)

First, the patient, second the patient, third the patient, fourth the patient, fifth the patient, and then maybe comes science. We first do everything for the patient; science can wait, research can wait.

Bela Schick1

Only in the case of an unusual physician/medical scientist who concurrently meets the totality of patients' needs-medical, emotional, social-and focuses on scientific pursuits with equally undiverted

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    Citation Excerpt :

    First, Pirquet is cited in official histories of allergy and immunology that chronicle the key figures and discoveries in this discipline. This category includes accounts found in immunological textbooks and manuals (for example, Klein, 1982; Golub, 1991), articles devoted to figures and milestones in medicine (for example, Bendiner, 1981; Dworetzky and Cohen, 2002; Rapaport, 1974; Wagner, 1963), as well as more extended accounts within the history and philosophy of science and medicine that deal with the trajectory of the discipline and its concepts (for example, Moulin, 1991; Silverstein, 1989; Tauber, 1994). Second, Pirquet can be found in more recent histories and studies of allergy that contextualise the phenomenon socially, culturally and politically, as well as scientifically (for example, Jackson, 2006; Mitman, 2007; Keirns, 2008).

  • Anaphylaxis: A review of causes and mechanisms

    2002, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Clemens von Pirquet: A remarkable life and career

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