Permit me to state through your columns that we do the Wassermann test at the State Health Laboratory and have been doing it on Thursday of each week since March 21, 1914. At that time a circular letter announcing the fact was sent to every physician in the State, including Dr. Klaveness. This announcement was made only after several months of experimental work in perfecting the technic and controlling all factors.
We do the original Wassermann test, using the Nogouchi antigen. All our reagents are prepared in our laboratory and every possible control is carried out each time the test is set up. We therefore believe that our results will compare favorably with the best scientific work of this character.
At the present time a fee of $5.00 for each test is charged, containers and instructions are supplied upon request.
We have done the Wassermann test for the State Hospital for the Insane at Yankton from the first.
Mortimer Herzberg, M. D., Director.
Vermillion, S. D., February 18, 1915.
THE LOYALTY OF NURSES
To the Editor:
My attention has just been called to an article published in The Journal-Lancet, August 1, 1914, it being an address by Dr. George D. Head to the graduating class of the Asbury Hospital. The advice Dr. Head gives to the nurses seems very good, and very elevating to our profession, but I would like to analyze it to show that it is not quite practical.