August von Wassermann

<html> <head> <title>August von Wassermann</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/089/000206468/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>August von WassermannAKA August Paul von WassermannBorn: <a href="/lists/569/000106251/" class=proflink>21-Feb</a>-<a href="/lists/865/000105550/" class=proflink>1866</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/984/000112648/" class=proflink>Bamberg, Germany</a> Died: <a href="/lists/959/000106641/" class=proflink>16-Mar</a>-<a href="/lists/435/000106117/" class=proflink>1925</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/935/000069728/" class=proflink>Berlin, Germany</a> Cause of death: <a href="/lists/346/000069139/" class=proflink>Kidney failure</a> Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/642/000096354/" class=proflink>Biologist</a>, <a href="/lists/632/000096344/" class=proflink>Doctor</a>Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Syphilis testMilitary service: German Army (military doctor, WWI)In 1906, physician August von Wassermann adapted <a href="/people/271/000125893/">Jules Bordet</a>'s complement-fixation reaction to develop what is now called the Wassermann test, a blood-serum reaction that detects antibodies to Treponema pallidum, causative agent for syphilis. It accurately indicated presence of the dreaded sexually transmitted disease, a potentially lethal condition which can have a very long latency period with no discernable symptoms. The test has been modified and improved in the century since, but the basic principles of the Wassermann reaction remain unchanged. Wassermann also researched cholera, tetanus, and cerebrospinal fever, and developed a test for tuberculosis and an antitoxin against diphtheria. He studied under <a href="/people/238/000086977/">Paul Ehrlich</a>, who later developed the first effective therapy for syphilis, and he worked under bacteriologist <a href="/people/618/000091345/">Robert Koch</a>, who determined the cause of tuberculosis.Father: Angelo Wassermann (banker) Mother: Dora Bauer Wassermann Wife: Alice von Taussig (m. 1895, two sons)     High School: Bamberg Gymnasium, Bamberg, Germany     University: <a href="/edu/942/000104630/">University of Erlangen</a>     University: <a href="/edu/705/000068501/">University of Munich</a>     University: <a href="/edu/724/000068520/">University of Vienna</a>     Medical School: <a href="/edu/633/000079396/">MD, University of Strasbourg (1888)</a>     Teacher: Humboldt University, Berlin (1891-98)     Professor: Humboldt University, Berlin (1898-1913)     Scholar: Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, Berlin, Germany (1891-1913)     Director: Experimental Therapy, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, Germany (1913-25)     Aronson Foundation Prize 1921     Academy for Knowledge of Judaism President     Berlin Medical Society     Free Association for Microbiology     International Congress of Hygiene and Demography     Director of the Office of Hygiene and Bacteriology (Prussian gov't)     <a href="/lists/905/000108581/">Bavarian Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> Author of books: Handbuch der Pathogenen Mikroorganismen (Handbook of Pathogenic Microorganisms) (<tt>1903</tt>, with Wilhelm Kolle; six volumes) Die Bedeutung der Bakterien fur die Gesundheitspflege (The Importance of Bacteria in Health Care) (<tt>1905</tt>) Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=206468" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>

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