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Tuberculosis--diagnosis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Robinson Baldwin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 13
Abstract

Edward Baldwin was associated with the Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis and became director of the Trudeau Foundation in 1915.

Dates: 1895-1933
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Pirquet von Cesenatico Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 141
Abstract

Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was the progeny of a Lower Austrian noble family, the term Freiherr corresponding to English baron. He was creator of a classical diagnostic test for tuberculosis in which tuberculin is applied to a superficial abrasion of the skin of the arm.

Dates: 1903-1926
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections