Studies of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood of Syphilitic and Normal Persons

Abstract

The investigations reported in this paper have to do with various chemical, physical and immunologic studies of the cerebrospinal fluid and blood of syphilitics and nonsyphilitics and, also, with the factors concerned in the colloidal gold and the Wassermann reactions. The experiments fall more or less into two groups and so, for convenience in discussion, we have divided our paper into two parts: I. Ultrafiltration of Syphilitic Serum ; II. The Substances Concerned in the Colloidal Gold Test and the Nature of the Reaction.