424 PHENOMENON OF COMPLEMENT FIXATION 



In no other disease has the method been so widely employed as in 

 syphilis, although it possesses value in the serum diagnosis of various 

 bacterial infections, such as gonorrhea, glanders, typhoid fever, echino- 

 coccus disease, etc., and in the diagnosis of blood-stains and in the 

 differentiation of proteins in general. 



In the following chapter the Wassermann syphilitic reaction will be 

 considered in some detail, as a thorough working knowledge of this test 

 is of great value, and serves as the foundation of complement-fixation 

 technic in general. 



