title: History of epicutaneous testing: the blotting-paper and other methods.
abstract: The first detailed description of an epicutaneous test in a case of allergy was probably in 1847 by Städeler, a chemist at the University of Göttingen. A review of the history of the tests is given; touch and other investigations such as Städeler's blotting paper strip, Jadassohn's application method (1895) and Fabre's blotting-paper square (1897).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods*