Penicillin Treatment of Early Syphilis

on penicillin treatment of early syphilis in your issue of October 1947 (p. 588) that the correct designation for ? Wassermann reaction is doubtful and not weakly positive as I had stated. In this connection I would refer you to :? 1. The League of Nations' report of the laboratory conference on the serodiagnosis of syphilis held at Montevideo in 1930. It is stated in the explanatory note on blood tests that a ? reaction in a case of treated syphilis should be considered as a weakly positive reaction. 2. Stokes' opinion about weak positive serologic reactions?'The strictures placed upon the reporting of weak positive serologic tests have two notable exceptions, namely, in the stage of primary lesions when an effort at diagnosis is being made, and in the serologic rechecking of the patient with early syphilis under treatment.' The case that was labelled by me as weakly positive was a case of primary seronegative syphilis and had shown ? Wassermann reaction after he had received a course of penicillin. In fact it was definitely intended to convey an impression to the readers that Wasser-