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Favorable reports have also been published con- 

 cerning the reliability of the test in ophthalmology, 

 dermatology, and other departments of medicine. 



At the present time we may therefore say that the 

 chief value of the serum test for syphilis will be in 

 those cases in which there are symptoms suggestive 

 of syphilis and in which the history of the case fails 

 us or is of questionable reliability. In such in- 

 stances a positive reaction at once clears the diag- 

 nosis, and sometimes even a negative reaction is 

 helpful. 



The following are some of the more important 

 references to the subject: 



BORDET and GENGOU. Annales Pasteur, Vol. XV. 1901. 



GAY. Centralblatt Bacteriologie, Originale, Vol. 39. 1905. 



WASSERMANN, NEISSER, and BRUCK. Deutsche med. Wochen- 

 schrift, No. 19. 1906. 



WASSERMAN and PLAUT. Ibid. No. 44. 1906, 



NEISSER, BRUCK, and SCHUCHT. Ibid. No. 48. 1906. 



LANDSTEINER and STANKOVIC. Centralblatt Bacteriologie, 

 Originale, Vol. 42. 1906. 



MARIE and LEVADITI. Annales Pasteur, Vol. 21. 1907. 



LANDSTEINER, MULLER, and POTZL. Wiener klinische 

 Wochenschrift, No. 17. 1907. 



FORNET and SCHERESCHEWSKI. Miinchener med. Wochen- 

 schrift, No. 30. 1907. 



CITRON. Berliner klinische Wochenschrift, No. 43. 1907. 



MICHAELIS. Ibid. No. 46. 1907. 



WEIL and BRAUN. Ibid. No. 49. 1907. 



WASSERMANN. Ibid. No. 50 and No. 51. 1907. 



PORGES. Ibid. No. 51. 1907. 



