Charles Mantoux (; May 14, 1877,

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– 1947) was a French

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and the developer of the eponymous

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for

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. He graduated from the

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, where he studied under Broca. For health reasons, he relocated to

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but continued to work in

during the long vacation periods granted to patients in

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s. In 1908, he presented his first study of intradermal injections to the French Academy of Sciences and published this work in 1910. In the following years, the intradermal test replaced the subcutaneous test ( Pirquet test). Mantoux completed this research and made other contributions to

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and

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without any affiliation with major universities and institutions.

References

*B.G. Firkin & J.A.Whitworth (1987). ''Dictionary of Medical Eponyms''. Parthenon Publishing. *''La syphilis Nerveuse Latente et les Stigmates Nerveux de la Syphilis''. Paris, 1904.

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Charles Mantoux
WhoNamedIt. 1877 births 1947 deaths French immunologists Serologists {{France-med-bio-stub