What Wohlgemuth’s Research Is Famous For?

Less explanation is necessary when describing enzyme dependent diagnosis. The physician understands this subject inside out, although the patient understands little about what these strange units and levels are.

Only this much; at the start of the century, research workers, particularly the bacteriologist Wassermann and the internist Wohlgemuth, recognized how much information could be obtained concerning bodily disorder by measuring the activities of specific enzymes, Wassermann was able to establish the presence of syphilis with the aid of animal enzymes; with Wohlgemuth's research, it has been possible to use the activity of the body's enzymes to diagnose pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) with high degree of certainty.

This ingenious method of measuring the activities of enzymes in the blood the cerebrospinal fluid, the amniotic fluid, saliva, pancreatic secretions, gastric juices, urine and body tissues has become and indispensable, part of the physician's daily work. It is brought about the revolution in diagnosis.

Previously, required to measure the concentration of sugar in the patient's blood. It was the complicated took at least two hours and the blood sugar level obtained was imprecise. Today the determination is completed in a few minutes and the result is accurate. Anyone prepares to lay out a few cents for the test strip to determine the sugar in his or her urine will confirm this.

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