August von Wassermann
August von Wassermann · Science & Medicine
Bacteriologist who devised the Wassermann test, the first diagnostic blood test for syphilis.
1866, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany — 1925, Berlin, Germany
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August von Wassermann was a German bacteriologist who in 1906 devised the Wassermann test, the first widely used diagnostic blood test for syphilis, which transformed the detection and control of the disease. He worked for years at Robert Koch's institute in Berlin. Wassermann was born into a Jewish family in Bamberg.
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Bacteriologist who devised the Wassermann test, the first diagnostic blood test for syphilis.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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