MANTOUX, CH. (CHARLES) - THE INVENTION OF THE "MANTOUX TEST" FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

Intradermo-reaction de la tuberculine.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1908. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 147, No 6. Pp. (323-) 366 (entire issue offered). Mantoux's paper: pp. 355-357.

First printing of the paper in which Mantoux published his invention of the famous test for tuberculosis.

"The Mantoux test or Mendel-Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a screening tool for tuberculosis (TB). It is one of the major tuberculin skin tests used around the world, largely replacing multiple-puncture tests such as the Tine test." (Wikipedia). - Garrison & Morton: 2341 (listing only the paper from 1910).

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