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August von Wassermann. August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist . Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the ...
- 16 March 1925 (aged 59)
- German
Apr 15, 2024 · August von Wassermann (born Feb. 21, 1866, Bamberg, Bavaria [Germany]—died March 16, 1925, Berlin, Ger.) was a German bacteriologist whose discovery of a universal blood-serum test for syphilis helped extend the basic tenets of immunology to diagnosis. “The Wassermann reaction,” in combination with other diagnostic procedures, is still ...
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May 17, 2018 · Wassermann, August von. 2/21/1866 – 3/16/1925. GERMAN. BACTERIOLOGIST. August von Wassermann discovered a blood serum test that enabled physicians to determine if a patient has syphilis, a potentially lethal disease which, in some persons, has a long latency period during which no symptoms are detectable. Wassermann was born in Bamberg ...
Apr 30, 2019 · On April 19, 1906, Wilhelm Kolle and August von Wassermann (figure 1), from the Berlin Königlich Preuβische Institut für Infektionskrankheiten [Royal Prussian Institute for Infectious Diseases], announced that they had obtained, starting from the immunisation of horses, a serum which protected guinea pigs against meningococcal disease. 31 On ...
- Pere Domingo, Virginia Pomar, Albert Mauri, Nicolau Barquet
- 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30040-4
- 2019
- 2019/08
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 a specific and sensitive test for infection by the microbe that causes syphilis.
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Apr 3, 2024 · Search for: 'August von Wassermann' in Oxford Reference ». (1866–1925)German bacteriologist and immunologist who discovered a practical diagnostic test for syphilis (the Wassermann reaction) that, together with other tests, is still used today.Wassermann was born in Bamberg, Bavaria, and studied at Erlangen, Vienna, Munich, and Strasbourg.
AUGUST VON WASSERMANN (1866-1925) WASSERMANN REACTION. August Wassermann, investigator and teacher L whose name for many years was preeminent in the serologic test for syphilis, was born at Bamberg, Germany, the son of a court banker. 1 His medical studies were pursued in Erlangen, Vienna, Munich, and finally in Strasbourg, where he graduated ...
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