A Forgotten Rose: Embracing the Complexity of Neuroimmune Function

In 1885, a young woman presented to the office of Dr. John Noland Mackenzie with a peculiar chief complaint: an allergy to roses so severe that she couldn ’t even be in the same room with the flower (a condition known at the time as “rose cold”). Dr. Mackenzie was skeptical of the woman’s claims but, nevertheless, agreed to see her. After a brief conversation, he conducted a physical exam and found no evidence of an allergic reaction. As they continued speaking, he then produced a rose that he had hidden behind a screen in the room, no more than a few feet away.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Clinical Commentary Source Type: research