What is the nature of this test and is it reliable?

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The Wassermann Test

Q. What is the nature of this test and is it reliable?

A. The Wassermann test is employed to de­termine whether a person is suffering from syphilitic infection.
The test consists of obtaining a portion of the patient's blood and subjecting this to certain laboratory tests. When carefully done the test is found to be remarkably reliable. In certain cases the spinal fluid is used for making the test instead of the blood.

It is important to know that a "positive" Wassermann reaction is no evidence of immorality or vicious conduct. Syphilis has become so wide­spread that the disease may be quite easily contracted by accidental contact with the infection, either directly or indirectly. The disease is in many cases inherited.

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