New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-13
SCHW '.AEllRTZK0 PF s OPINION.
He Offers his Corrections to the Defense Of
Kretsch + Berg Anent Glandersd
Horses.
The Professor Points out Many Respects n
Which Their Article was Unjust and
Unfair.

Unfair.
The following letter, written at ST.
Paul under date of Sept. / l, has been re-.
ceived by us in regard to the recent CLAN
ders scare.
Editor Review: A slip Of the Review
has been forwarded to me containing a
reply of Kretsch s. Berg to a former ar
tlcle in your paper in regard to the CLAN
ders scare in your city. Inasmuch as
charge is made against me in this article
I consider it expedient to make the fol-
lowing statement:
kretsch & Berg say that ssmy work
seems to them very superficial when I
declared a barn free from CHAMBERS when
[ had not even examined the horses in
that place." Such criticism is certainly
unfair AT the request of DR.. Fri1sche
went through the three livery stables of
the city to see whether there remained
any suspected horses. NATURALLY made
a more thorough examination at Kretsch
& Berg's, because this was the infected
place. In the other stables partially
looked over the horses in the stable,
but examined everyone that was present
at the time. All I wanted was to satisfy
myself, whether there was CHAMBERS or
not, and to be able to say so, but I did
not care to go through any ceremonies
to satisfy the curiosity of some bystander.
There were only few horses, which
from their symptoms recommended to
the Health Officers further observation.
as the most of the horses in the three
stables appeared healthy at the time and
[ sincerely hope that they remain so to-
day.
| LAS to the remark of Kretsch & Berg
that 81 used the lymph (mallein) but
twice in my life,'' it is true, but I do
not see the point they wanted to make
Mallein is a recent scientific production
and as there has been no CHAMBERS arour d
here for years and very little in the State,
l had no opportunity to test it any further
than did. But this makes little differ
ence as to its value, as we have the testi-
mony of large number of men excellent
in their profession, who have tested it
thoroughly as help in diagnosis and
even as preventative and curative agent.
Finally quote the following from
Kretsch & Berg: Gas regards the diagno-
sis of Drs. Donaldson and Behnke we
are satisfied that it was correct since we
have watered 80 horses daily for the last
months with the disputed animal at the
same watering. Trough and though the
longest period of incubation as given by
best authorities is only weeks we failed
to detect single diseased animal ia our
barn. It is unpleasant for me to saw
that if DR.. Behnke believes the horse on
which We made the post-mortem exami-
ton had no CHAMBERS, he is mistaken.
Nor do blame him for such mistake;
he is young man without experience in
such difficult questions and comes from
a school that has neither sufficient time
nor opportunity for its students to in
struct them thoroughly in Pathology. Il
shall gladly admit that he may be Just
as good general practitioner better than
l am, perhaps, for we all have our short
comings. But when 1t comes to questions
or Pathology, I am his superior, and I |
know that he will acknowledge it. There
is no question that the horse was diseased
with CHAMBERS. 1t would have been
much more pleasant and agreeable to me,
If l found no CHAMBERS, but as it was, i
could not help seeing what there was to
see and to say what was the only proper
thing to say. AS to the best authorities
quoted by Kretsch & Berg, which give
the largest period of incubation of CLAN
ders as weeks, would like to know
who they are. They are poor authori-
ties at best. After artificial incubation
the disease becomes apparent within 81
10 days. But by a natural infection it
s 4. i
takes not less than 8 % weeks as an early
time, and frequently "a months and even
6 months and later, until the disease be-
comes apparent.
As to the scramble between the dam
aged horse-owners and the Health Officer.
I have nothing to say, although heard
some very hard words. have Witnessed
such troubles several times and have of
ten advocated to amend the law to make |
it less hard and more just. The Health
Officer has not made that law, but has to