August Paul von Wassermann (21 February1866 - 16 March1925) was the Germanbacteriologist. He studied at several prestigious universities throughout Germany, and in 1890 began to work under Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. He developed a complement fixation test for the diagnosis of syphilis in 1906, just one year after the causative organism had been identified. He came head of the department of therapeautics and serum research in 1907. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Microbiology (in Greek micron = small and biologia = studying life) is the study of microorganisms, including unicellular (single-celled) eukaryotes and prokaryotes, fungi, and viruses. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the American lobbyist, see Bobby Koch. ... Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... For many years, as a measure to prevent the spread of syphilis, states in the United States required a Wassermann test of the bride and groom prior to marriage, and the term became synonymous with syphilis testing. ... Depression-era U.S. poster advocating early syphilis treatment Syphilis (historically called lues) is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Wassermann test remains a staple of syphilis detection and prevention in some areas, although it has often been replaced by more modern alternatives. The Wassermann test is a complement-fixation antibody test for syphilis, named after the bacteriologist August von Wassermann. ...
August Paul vonWassermann was born in Bamberg, the second son of Angelo Wassermann, a Bavarian court banker who was elevated to the hereditary nobility in 1910, and Dora Bauer.
Wassermann in 1898 became titular professor and in 1901 he was habilitated as Privatdozent in internal medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin.
Wassermann early understood the importance of the young science of bacteriology, and made the acquaintance of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) of whom he became a pupil and colleague.
The Wassermann test remains a staple of syphilis detection and prevention in some areas, although it has often been replaced by more modern alternatives.
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