OPHTHALMIC MALLEIN FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF GLANDERS. 11 



The optimistic view of Prof. Schnurer is certainly justified from 

 the results he achieved, and clearly shows that with proper organiza- 

 tion in the control work of glanders the eradication of the disease is 

 only a question of time. 



The eradication of outbreaks of glanders can not, of course, be 

 altogether attributed to the eye test, since from the report of Never- 

 mann, veterinary councilor of Prussia, glanders has diminished 

 remarkably in that country, where they employ the combined 

 complement-fixation and agglutination test for the diagnosis, while 

 McGilvray has practically eradicated glanders from the Province o.f 

 Manitoba b} T means of the subcutaneous mallein test. The method 

 of testing by means of complement-fixation and agglutination is 

 undoubtedly the most accurate of any available, but since "it can 

 not be as conveniently applied as the eye test, its disadvantages are 

 apparent. There is no doubt that with the application of either the 

 eye test or the combined complement-fixation and agglutination 

 tests, equally good results may be obtained provided that the work 

 is conscientiously carried out and that all the reactors are destroyed 

 without hesitation. 



As long as the authorities will limit themselves to the destruction 

 of clinical cases only and will not take immediate action on reactors 

 of the occult and latent character, glanders will not only continue 

 to exist, but it will spread. 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1915 



