!!!Pirquet, Clemens Freiherr von

b. Hirschstetten near Vienna, May 12, 1874, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 28, 1929, paediatrician, brother of Guido  Pirquet; 
university professor in Baltimore (1908), Breslau (1910) and from 1911 
in Vienna. 1905 with B. Schick founded the theory of allergies (term 
by P.) and of serum disease. 1907 invented the tuberculin skin 
reaction named after him; with his NEM-nutrition system (NEM = 
Naehrungs-Einheit-Milch, i.e. nutrition unit milk, 1 Nem = 
1 g milk) became a pioneer of modern nutrition. After World 
War I headed the American aid campaign for Austrian children.

!Works
Die Serumkrankheit, 1905 (with B. Schick); Allergie, 1908; 
System der Ernaehrung, 4 parts, 1917-1920; Allergie des 
Lebensalters, 1930; Geschichte der Kindertuberkulose, 2 vols., 
1930 (with M. Engel).

!Literature
L. Schoenbauer, Das medizinische Wien, %%sup 2/%1947; R. 
Wagner, C. v. P. His Life and Work, 1968; OeBL.



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