1941 PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962); TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)

The diagnostic value of vaginal smears in carcinoma of the uterus.

The first cytopathology test, smear diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix: the "Pap" test. Papanicolaou first reported in 1928 that he could recognize cancer cells (Proc. Third Race Betterment Conf., p. 528) but the im…

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1943 PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962); TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)

Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.

"In 1943, after a three-year period of concentrated collaborative experience with the vaginal smear for the diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, Papanicolaou and Traut published their widely heralded monograph, Diagnosis …

GMN 13597 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15876