A Physical Cure for Tuberculosis: Carlo Forlanini and the Invention of Therapeutic Pneumothorax
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2020
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
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Artificial pneumothorax, Carlo Forlanini, Tuberculosis
List of contributors:
Mazzarello, Paolo
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