page_title: Schick test
hierarchical_section_title: Schick test
caption_attribution_description: Schick Test: U.S. Hygiene Laboratory Shows photo of young boy receiving the en:Schick test from a doctor (the test is a measure of immunity to en:diphtheria). Boy is accompanied by mother and younger sibling (1915).
context_page_description: The Schick test, developed in 1913, is a skin test used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to diphtheria. It was named after its inventor, Béla Schick, a Hungarian-born American pediatrician.
context_section_description: The Schick test, developed in 1913, is a skin test used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to diphtheria.  It was named after its inventor, Béla Schick (1877–1967), a Hungarian-born American pediatrician.
caption: A boy receives an injection of diluted toxin for the Schick test in 1915.
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