Dlaczego jeden z odkrywców zjawiska anafilaksji nie dostał nagrody Nobla w 1913 r.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 awarded to Charles Robert Richet in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis was the first one granted for the research, currently associated with allergology. Although there were two authors of the first paper on anaphylaxis phenomenon, Paul Portier and Charles Richet respectively, only Richet received a credit. This article presents the circumstances of discovering anaphylaxis and possible reasons behind such a decision of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.