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Dick test, method of determining susceptibility to scarlet fever by injection into the skin of 0.1 cubic cm of scarlet fever toxin. A reddening of the skin in an area over 10 mm (0.4 inch) in diameter within about 24 hours indicates a lack of immunity to the disease. The test was developed in 1924 by American physicians George Dick and Gladys Dick.

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