Tomaso Casoni (1880-1933): A Pioneer Remembered
Tomaso Casoni (Figure 1A &1B) earned his fame by the test named after him [1].Casoni was first to describe a test for immediate allergic reaction to hydatid fluid injected into the skin (Figure 2).This was in a time when hydatid disease caused by infection by Echinococcus granlulosus was endemic in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in addition to