An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16102 entries, 14186 authors and 1950 subjects. Updated: August 12, 2026

PORTIER, Paul

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De l’action anaphylactique de certains venins.

C. R. Soc. Biol. (Paris), 54, 170-72, 1902.

First full description of the phenomenon of “anaphylaxis,” the name of which was coined by Richet. Abbreviated English translation in Bibel, Milestones of immunology (1988).

In 1913, Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis."



Subjects: ALLERGY › Anaphylaxis, NOBEL PRIZES › Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , TOXICOLOGY › Venoms