Abstract:According to the original view of the discoverers the Wassermann reaction was considered, in analogy to the common serological reactions, as being caused by antibodies specific for the infecting microorganisms. This view became doubtful and was abandoned by most authors when it was shown that syphilitic sera react with alcoholic extracts of organs, presumably with lipoids present in these extracts (1-3). The use of extracts of normal instead of syphilitic organs (1) has since been accepted almost generally for… Show more
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