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LOUIS GOLDSTEIN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1950;61(2):285-296.

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THE WELTMANN serum coagulation reaction is a nonspecific laboratory test in which coagulation takes place in a certain number of mixtures of blood serum and varying concentrations of calcium chloride, in the presence of heat. The test is of value in differentiating exudative from fibrotic processes and in prognosticating the course and evolution of many diseases. It was originated by Oscar Weltmann¹ in 1930 and immediately found recognition in the world's medical literature. In this country, Kraemer² was the first to call attention to the test. Kraemer's article was soon followed by the work of Levinson and Klein,³ Dees,⁴ Scherlis and Levy⁵ and many others in evaluation of the test from different aspects. However, only slight interest by the dermatologist has been shown in the Weltmann serum coagulation reaction, only one paper on the subject having appeared in the ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY AND SYPHILOLOGY . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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PHILADELPHIA

From the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, service of Dr. Donald M. Pillsbury.

Footnotes
Part of thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science for graduate work in dermatology and syphilology.

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