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it necessary to call in others skilled in the use of the exact scientific 

 methods of biology, pathology, and biological chemistr3^ 



Of the other infectious diseases glanders may be mentioned as one 

 which has occasioned the loss of a great many animals and of thou- 

 sands of dollars, yet Mohler and Eichhorn have only recently re- 

 ported that to-day there is no effective method for immunizing 

 against this disease. The same must be said of tuberculosis and of 

 many other diseases. 



For these, and a host of other unsolved problems, research work 

 of a high grade is urgently needed. So vast are our live stock in- 

 terests and so intimately associated with them the vital considera- 

 tions of public health, that few fields of endeavor are of greater in- 

 trinsic importance or afford greater opportunities for service to-day. 

 It will therefore be fortunate if the veterinary profession will con- 

 tinue to prepare itself to combat these complex problems by insisting 

 upon sound fundamental training for its research workers, and by 

 still further availing itself of all the assistance possible from workers 

 in the related sciences. In such ways the marked progress of the past 

 fiftj'' years may be consistently maintained and results of even 

 greater value may confidently be expected. 



