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weakened through the action of powerful remedies, or if 
without necessity the remedy attacks the vital force in gen¬ 
eral, the more it will weaken the foundation of life, even 
though it should relieve the disease. Last, but not least, it 
should not be forgotten that disease at times is nothing else 
but an effort of nature to eliminate morbid material or to dis¬ 
tribute centers of stagnation—an attempt to restore the lost 
equilibrium. If in such a case the physician tries only to 
relieve symptoms of the disease, without trying to remove 
the cause, he opposes the efforts of nature. An ideally per 
feet remedy should be entirely proportioned to the gravity 
of the disease. Its action should be such that it does not 
allow the disease to gain unnecessary headway and so impair 
the forces of the body that the chances of longevity are 
diminished. On the other hand, its action should not be too 
violent, lest while it abridges the course of the disease it is 
intended to combat, it may light up others, or interfere with 
the general function of the body, and so seriously affect the 
prolongation of life.” 
EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY. 
A RAPID METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS IN GLANDERS. 
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By I. Straus. 
The prompt and early determination of the truth in cases 
of suspected glanders in the horse is frequently a matter of 
the first importance, and when the diagnosis is sought for 
through the inoculation of other animals with the morbid 
products of the patient, the knowledge of those which possess 
the highest degree of receptivity and the quickest susceptibil¬ 
ity to the infection is of course of the greatest advantage. 
Among those which are endowed with a special susceptibility 
in this respect, the donkey is probably entitled to the fore¬ 
most place, not only because of the promptness with which 
the inoculation “takes,” but also because of the rapidity of 
its development after the inception of the disease. But the 
high value of the donkey in the market practically precludes 
