The Baumgarten–Tangl law is a rule about

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

: it states that the location where the bacteria intruded is the one where the inflammation can be observed first. The law was first published in 1890 by Franz Tangl and verified in 1905 by

Paul Clemens von Baumgarten Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (28 August 1848, in Dresden – 1928 in Tübingen) was a German pathologist. Biography Paul Clemens was the son of a physician. He studied under Christian Wilhelm Braune (1831–1892) and Ernst Leberecht Wagner (1829� ...

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