Baron Hives, of Duffield in the County of Derbyshire, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1950 for the businessman Ernest Walter Hives, Chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ...
The term was coined by Viennese paediatrician Baron Clemens von Pirquet[?] in 1906, from the Greek words allos meaning changed or altered state and ergon meaning reaction or reactivity.
He observed the exaggerated immune responses of some of his patients, and concluded that they were a response to outside allergens such as dust, pollen, or certain foods.
An allergy can also cause skin rashes[?], hives or weals[?] such as contact dermatitis[?] or eczema; these are often caused in reaction to medications.
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