1. In the secondary and tertiary stages of syphilis without direct involvement of the nervous system the cerebro-spinal fluid yielded the butyric acid reaction of feeble intensity. The fluid under these conditions gave neither a positive cytodiagnosis nor the Wassermann test for syphilis. 2. The cerebro-spinal fluid of cases of hereditary syphilis showed a positive butyric reaction in about 90 ...

The two ends of spectrum benign to malignant pose no problem, however in the middle lies a “no man’s land” where wise men tread cautiously. Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology are the main stay in the tumor diagnosis. However, newer technologies like-Immunohistochemistry, Molecular diagnosis, Flowcytometry and Tumor markers introduced in the past decade, have contributed immensely towards achi...