| [the discovery of anaphylaxis, a brief but triumphant encounter of two physiologists (1902)]. | in 1901, during one of his oceanography cruises, prince albert the first of monaco asks paul portier and charles richet to study the toxicity of small jellyfish fishing filaments (coelentera). in the course of their work on the effects of a hypnotoxin extracted from various coelentera, they observe mortal accidents that are not a function of the dosage of the injections. dogs that respond this way have all received a preparative injection, yet some dogs have no reaction to a second injection. in ... | 2003 | 14989211 |