title: From glanders to globulins: A study in comparative medicine.
abstract: The anti-globulin test was described in 1945, and ever since has been synonymous with the lead author, Robin Coombs, a young veterinary surgeon, at that time embarking on a career in immunological research. This was marked by a number of important contributions in the field, including the description and categorisation of hypersensitivity reactions, co-authored with Philip Gell. Together they wrote the classical text, Clinical Aspects of Immunology, which has been updated and republished over the ensuing 50 years. Although Robin Coombs is best remembered for his contributions to medical immunology, he made a number of significant early advances in the field of veterinary immunology.
authors: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Philosophy and Religion, Centre for Health, Medicine and Society, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
authors: P E
authors: PE
authors: Watkins
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D003298:Coombs Test / Q000266:history*; D005896:Glanders / Q000276:immunology; D005916:Globulins; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D066231:Surgeons; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014956:Writing
chemical_list: D005916:Globulins
keywords: Coombs; anti-globulin; comparative medicine; glanders; veterinary