Pap smear• After a Pap smear is done, the doctor simply swabsvinegar on the cervix and shines the blue-white light on it.• At what age should a woman begin having an annualPap smear?• To be recalled for a secondPap smear is to catch the disease of fear.• Thompson said the Pap smear only detectscervical cancer; it does not detect ovarian cancer or endometrial cancer.• The Pap smear is officially called the Papanicolaou Test, after the doctor who invented it.
OriginPap smear
(1900-2000) George N. Papanicolaou (1883-1962), U.S. (Greek-born) medical scientist