To help you recover: 1  Rest if you have severe pain. Otherwise, stay active. 2  Try using a heating pad on a low or medium setting for 15 to 20 minutes every 2 or 3 hours. Try a warm shower in place of one session with the heating pad. 3  Do the exercises that your doctor or physical therapist suggests.
Named after A. von Wassermann. The Wassermann test is based on the ability of blood serum of syphilitic patients to form a complex with the appropriate antigen that absorbs complement (a component of normal serum); erythrocytes of sheepâs blood serve as the antigen, and the antibody is human blood serum.
History of syphilis - History of diagnosis. 1  In 1905, Schaudinn and Hoffmann discovered Treponema pallidum in tissue of patients with syphilis. One year later, the first effective test for syphilis, the Wassermann test, was developed. Although it had some false positive results, it was a major advance in the detection and prevention of syphilis.