August Von Wassermann
1866-1925
German physician who made major contributions to immunology and in 1906 developed the test for syphilis that bears his name. The "Wassermann reaction" is ...
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August Paul von Wasserman was a German physician and bacteriologist. He is most noteworthy in the history of microbiology for his invention of the first test for the sexually transmitted disease of sy...
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August von Wassermann discovered a blood serum test that enabled doctors to find out if a patient had syphilis, a potentially lethal disease which, in some patients, has a very long latency period dur...
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