ARLOING, SATURNIN. - THE SERUM DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS.

Sur l'obtention de cultures et d'émulsions homogénes du bacille de la tuberculose humaine en milieu liquide et "sur une variété mobile de ce bacille".

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1898. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 126, No 19. Pp. (1299-) 1382. (Entire issue offered). Arloing's paper: pp. 1319-1321.

First appearance of this importent paper in which Arloing describes his "Sero-agglutination for the diagnosis of presence of tubercle bacillus." (Garrison & Morton No. 2334).


It is well known that the ordinary cultures of the bacillus of Koch can not be used for agglutination. Arloing, however, in 1898, obtained a fluid homogeneous culture of the tubercle bacillus and demonstrated its specific agglutinability by the serum of tuberculous human beings or animals, thus rendering possible the serum diagnosis of tuberculosis. (Courmont in "Arch Intern Med." 1909).

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