This reply to the Comment by Bloomfield clarifies that the Brans-Dicke wormhole condition is ${\mathrm{}(C+1\mathrm{})\mathrm{}}^2>{\lambda }^2$ rather than $\mathrm{}(C+1\mathrm{})>\lambda ,$ as suggested in our earlier paper. Various cases depending on the signs of $\mathrm{}(C+1\mathrm{})\mathrm{}$ and λ arise. The radial tidal accelerations are indeed finite, as correctly pointed out by Bloomfield.

• Received 27 May 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.088502