Carlo Forlanini (1847–1918), a medical doctor professor at the universities of Turin and Pavia, was the inventor of artificial pneumothorax, a method that allowed a first significant victory in the long war of medicine against pulmonary tuberculosis. The article outlines a portrait of this important clinician and focuses on the therapeutic innovation he introduced for the treatment of this infectious disease
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Titolo: | A Physical Cure for Tuberculosis: Carlo Forlanini and the Invention of Therapeutic Pneumothorax | |
Autori: | MAZZARELLO, PAOLO ANGELO (Corresponding) | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 | |
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Abstract: | Carlo Forlanini (1847–1918), a medical doctor professor at the universities of Turin and Pavia, was the inventor of artificial pneumothorax, a method that allowed a first significant victory in the long war of medicine against pulmonary tuberculosis. The article outlines a portrait of this important clinician and focuses on the therapeutic innovation he introduced for the treatment of this infectious disease | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1397995 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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