An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

WASSERMANN, August von

5 entries
  • 2556

Hämolysine, Cytotoxine and Präcipitine.

Samml. klin. Vortr., n.F. 331 (Chir. Nr. 94), 339-84, 1902.


Subjects: IMMUNOLOGY › Immunization
  • 2517

Handbuch der pathogenen Mikroorganismen. 6 vols.

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1903 – 1909.

Third edition, 10 vols. [in 19], 1929-31.



Subjects: MICROBIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY
  • 1636

Die Bedeutung der Bakterien für die Gesundheitspflege.

Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1905.


Subjects: PUBLIC HEALTH
  • 4804

Ueber das Vorhandensein syphilitischer Antistoffe in der Cerebrospinalflüssigkeit von Paralytikem.

Dtsch. med. Wschr., 32, 1769-72, 1906.

Wassermann applied his test (No. 2402) to the cerebrospinal fluid and, in paretics, obtained positive results in over 90 per cent of cases. The test greatly facilitated the diagnosis of general paralysis.



Subjects: NEUROLOGY › Neurosyphilis, NEUROLOGY › Paralysis
  • 2402

Eine serodiagnostische Reaktion bei Syphilis.

Dtsch. med. Wschr., Berlin, 32, 745-46, 1906.

The “Wassermann reaction”, a specific diagnostic blood test for syphilis, and a modification of the complement-fixation reaction of Bordet and Gengou. With A. Neisser and C. Bruck.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES › Syphilis, Laboratory Medicine › Blood Tests