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BEATRICE R. LOVETT, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1929;37(5):918-922.

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In a recent article, Stewart¹ described a modification of the Pirquet test by which a single prick with an ordinary needle through a drop of tuberculin is substituted for the usual scarification with a blunt instrument. The chief advantages of this procedure are that it causes less pain and is more rapid than the scarification method. It seems worth while to call attention to a simple and painless method which is apparently little used in the United States.

The inunction test, described by Moro and Doganoff² in 1907 and later elaborated by Moro³ alone, was made by rubbing a little tuberculin ointment into the unabraded skin. The material used was old tuberculin mixed with equal parts of hydrous wool fat. The percentage of positive reactions obtained by this means was, however, too small to make the test of value in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, and it was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Children's Clinic, Graz, Austria.

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Submitted for publication, Dec. 6, 1928.

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