pseudo-schick reaction

  • 1Schick test — The Schick test, invented between 1910 and 1911, is a test used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to diphtheria. It was named after its inventor, Béla Schick (1877–1967), a Hungarian born American pediatrician. The test is a… …

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  • 2DIPHTÉRIE — Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse propre à l’homme, la diphtérie est due au bacille de Klebs Lœffler (Corynebacterium diphteriae ) dont l’action est double: lésions locales, congestives, hémorragiques et nécrotiques au point de pénétration dans… …

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  • 3painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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