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WASSERMANN, AUGUST VON (1866-1925).

German Jewish scientist. He did important research into immunity and in the field of bacteriology. In 1906, he found serodiagnosis in syphilis (the so-called “Wasserman Reaction”), a discovery which made him famous. Wasserman was much interested in Jewish affairs, and was president of the Jewish Academy of Science in Berlin.

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