[CholeraJoe]

What you are describing is the classic Tine test for TB, not the Schick test. The Mantoux test, which is a single intradermal injection not a series of pricks, replaced the Tine test in the early 60’s and is still the gold standard for detecting prior or occult TB infection.

[Roccus]

It was a loooong time ago and the gray matter ain’t what it used to be. I can’t say as I’d ever heard of the Tine test.
The other FReeper had mentioned blood running down the arms of some of his classmates reminded me that the same thing happened to me when I got the multiple prick (Tine) teast in HS. (though that didn’t happen with the multiple prick test I got in boot camp)
In boot camp we got a Tine test, several injections with the gun and 2 or 3 intradermal injections at the same time. It was like an assembly line. We called it the “Flying Seven”

[Myrddin]

When I started grad school to work on a masters in pathogenic bacteriology, the head of the department insisted on screening everyone for TB and coccidiomycosis. My TB skin test faded away as usual. The coccidiomycosis stick nearly wrapped around my arm. A chest x-ray revealed the characteristic amorphous calcification patterns in my lungs. It's fairly common for off road motorcyclists in southern California. There was a spike in cases in southern California after the earthquakes raised lots of dust.