The allergy archives: Pioneers and Milestones Sheldon Cohen, MD, Murray Dworetzky, MD, Editors Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Volume 109, Issue 1, Pages 179-184 (January 2002) DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.120947 Copyright © 2002 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Francis M. Rackemann, MD, (1887-1973), founder and first Chief of the Allergy Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital. Photographic portrait at age 50. (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2002 109, 179-184DOI: (10.1067/mai.2002.120947) Copyright © 2002 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Age of onset of allergy. Curves indicate the number of patients developing extrinsic asthma or ragweed hay fever at each year of age. (Reproduced from: Rackemann and Colmes. Studies in asthma V. The clinical characteristics of hypersensitiveness. J Allergy 1929;1:2-11. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2002 109, 179-184DOI: (10.1067/mai.2002.120947) Copyright © 2002 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions