Lot 890
890
[ALLERGIES]. -- PIRQUET VON CESENATICO, Clemens von (1874-1929). Allergie. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1910. 8o. Numerous text diagrams. Contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. FIRST EDITION. "Pirquet coined the term 'allergy' in 1906 to describe the altered reactions that can develop when the body is exposed more than once to specific foreign substances. Pirquet is also remembered for his skin test for tuberculosis, which confirmed previous tuberculosis infection" (Norman 1710). -- PIRQUET VON CESENATICO. Allergy. Offprint from: Archives of internal medicine 7 (1911). Chicago: American Medical Association, 1911. 8o. Text illustrations. Black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original blue printed front wrapper bound in. Provenance: Dr. Jerome S. Leopold (presentation inscription on front free endpaper "to Dr. Jerome S. Leopold with compliments of C. Pirquet"; "Leopold" inscribed on front wrapper. FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION, offprint issue. Norman 1711. -- ROWE, Albert Holmes (b. 1889). Food Allergy: its manifestations, diagnosis and treatment with a general discussion of bronchial asthma. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1931. 8o. Original green cloth, gilt spine. Provenance: Herbert M. Evans (1882-1971), professor of anatomy, Hertzein professor of biology, University of California, and the dedicatee (inscribed on dedication page "with sincere appreciation of value of friendship and constant inspiration in my medical endeavors Albert H. Rowe". THE DEDICATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Norman 1852. (3)

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[ALLERGIES]. -- PIRQUET VON CESENATICO, Clemens von (1874-1929). Allergie. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1910. 8o. Numerous text diagrams. Contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. FIRST EDITION. "Pirquet coined the term 'allergy' in 1906 to describe the altered reactions that can develop when the body is exposed more than once to specific foreign substances. Pirquet is also remembered for his skin test for tuberculosis, which confirmed previous tuberculosis infection" (Norman 1710). -- PIRQUET VON CESENATICO. Allergy. Offprint from: Archives of internal medicine 7 (1911). Chicago: American Medical Association, 1911. 8o. Text illustrations. Black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original blue printed front wrapper bound in. Provenance: Dr. Jerome S. Leopold (presentation inscription on front free endpaper "to Dr. Jerome S. Leopold with compliments of C. Pirquet"; "Leopold" inscribed on front wrapper. FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION, offprint issue. Norman 1711. -- ROWE, Albert Holmes (b. 1889). Food Allergy: its manifestations, diagnosis and treatment with a general discussion of bronchial asthma. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1931. 8o. Original green cloth, gilt spine. Provenance: Herbert M. Evans (1882-1971), professor of anatomy, Hertzein professor of biology, University of California, and the dedicatee (inscribed on dedication page "with sincere appreciation of value of friendship and constant inspiration in my medical endeavors Albert H. Rowe". THE DEDICATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Norman 1852. (3)