The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis, 1918, Vol. 36 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis, 1918, Vol. 36 (Classic Reprint) written by American Dermatological Association and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis, 1918, Vol. 36 Recently Bruck has described a simple chemical reaction in syphilis which he believes may be due to the same changes in the serum as are responsible for the phenomenon of complement fixation, and may prove of value in conjunction with the Wassermann reaction as a specific aid in the diagnosis of syphilis. The technic of the test is extremely simple and based on the experimental observation that the precipitate formed from the serum of a syphilitic on the addition of nitric acid, does not dissolve in distilled water as readily or as completely as the precipitate formed with normal or nonsyphilitic serums. With about 200 syphilitic serums, Bruck found that his test yielded the same results as observed with the Wassermann reaction. Only three Wassermann positive serums, from one latent and two secondary cases, gave negative nitric acid reactions. On the other hand, one case of congenital syphilis and one teritiary case gave positive nitric acid reactions, although the Wassermann test was negative. Of about 200 nonsyphilitic patients, all were negative except four cases of old infected wounds of knee and thigh, and one case of tuberculosis. As all of the latter patients were febrile, a positive reaction with the serum of a febrile patient is regarded as unreliable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.