grass pollen allergen

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• William P. Dunbar — William Philipps Dunbar (1863 in Minnesota 1922) was an American physician, director of the State Hygienic Institute in Hamburg, who made seminal discoveries about cholera control and allergies, including identifying the allergen in grass pollen… …   Wikipedia