The widely used Wassermann test for syphilis has its faults. If the tested patient has recently been vaccinated, the Wassermann may be “positive” — the standard indication of syphilis. It may also be ...

The Wassermann test (1906) was a powerful weapon in the war against syphilis, but its many laboratory stages made it as slow and cumbersome as a medieval crossbow. What the medical warriors needed was ...

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