Was the Cytologic Method for Cervical Cancer Diagnosis discovered by Serendipity or by Design (hypothesis-based Research)?

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Was the Cytologic Method for Cervical Cancer Diagnosis discovered by Serendipity or by Design (hypothesis-based Research)?

A Historical Review emphasizing the Contribution of Aurel A. Babeş and Constantin Daniel to Cervical Cancer Cytodiagnosis

Pambuccian, Stefan E.

From the journal Sudhoff Sudhoffs Archiv, Volume 107, December 2023, issue 1

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 13170 Words
Original language: English
Sudhoff 2023, pp 55-83
https://doi.org/10.25162/sar-2023-0004

Abstract

This is a survey of the early publications by Aurel Babeş (alone or together with Constantin Daniel) and by George Papanicolaou on the cytologic method for cervical cancer diagnosis, against the background of the 19th and early 20th century history of the tension between histopathology and cytopathology aims to add a new dimension to a priority dispute.

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Stefan E. Pambuccian

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