Word: stranglehold
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...affected by syphilitic toxins. While he does not claim that his test will make possible 100% accuracy in diagnosis and complete cure of the disease, Dr. Wassermann believes that it will enable the forces which are already fighting tuberculosis with well-understood methods to get a stranglehold on it in its earliest stages and greatly reduce the present death rate...