A century ago: Carlo Forlanini and the first successful treatment of tuberculosis

A hundred years after the death of Carlo Forlanini (1847-1918), this article describes the extraordinary impact that this medical doctor had in the history of medicine thanks to the invention of artificial pneumothorax, the first successful treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The invention of Forlanini was widely used all over the world, until Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin. The memory of Forlanini is also an opportunity to remember that the battle against tuberculosis has not yet been won.