Portier, Richet, and the discovery of anaphylaxis: a centennial
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Charles R (obert) Richet10, 11 (Fig 2) was born in 1850 in Paris into an affluent and socially
prominent family. His distinguished father was chairman of the Department of Surgery at the
Paris Faculty of Medicine and Chief of Surgery at Hôtel Dieu. His maternal grandfather, a
liberal journalist and expert in admiralty law, exposed him to a variety of subjects and values
that implanted in Charles a lifelong quest for knowledge in a disparate array of subjects:
classical literature, Latin, love of the sea, sailing, philosophic views, democratic convictions …
prominent family. His distinguished father was chairman of the Department of Surgery at the
Paris Faculty of Medicine and Chief of Surgery at Hôtel Dieu. His maternal grandfather, a
liberal journalist and expert in admiralty law, exposed him to a variety of subjects and values
that implanted in Charles a lifelong quest for knowledge in a disparate array of subjects:
classical literature, Latin, love of the sea, sailing, philosophic views, democratic convictions …