Smyrna times., 1895-08-14
MlCROSCOPlCAL WORK ON DISEASES
OF ANIMALS AND 81 ANrS

VI ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
Inc biological and mioroscopical work
involved in the study of anthrax and i'm
the preparation of its attenuated virus
the same lines Of work in tuberculosis. in
contagious abortion, in meningitis and in
ulphtnerla, and finally the examination Of
pathological matter sent in by the veterina-
ran In cases of uncertain diagnosis have
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The study of disease of plants is inoIud.
% among MS duties. Early in the spring
OF 1874 elaborate preparations were mado
by him for work on the peach rot and tyvjo,
DIlght IN Kent county, but the failure NJ
tho crop put an end to it for that season
Time was found for work upon the toma-
to blight. trouble which cost many grow.
ers more than one-half of their oron Tbis
STUDY was to detect and isolate the fun-
gus, determine its life history and how IN
combat its development - work which
must DO continued during the season of
1895. ''0'OH Vi
Inc luentlf1oation of a clover parasite
tecnhloally known as the clover devil. was
nSae IN Kent county, where ten acre
neld OF the red variety was nearly ruinod
by 1t, and where the parasite was Mt that
Ulihe In seed formation. Directions were
given which, If followed, will prevent fnr-
ther trouble from that source.
Inc developments in the study of i'm
munlty against disease have been startling
especially during the past five years. An
lIhals are now kept in waiting to furnish.
from their brain and spinal cords relief |
70 human beings in danger of hydrophobia. |
horses, by long courses of patient work.
granted immunity against lookjaw. diph
, Snerla ana most recently against tubercu-
losls, are now held subject to call for blood
serum, to be used in healing natiopts of
ected with tetanus, diphtheria and CON
sumption. The disease known as SCRATCH
es In the horse and as oowpox I'm the bo-
vine species differs radically from small
pox IN man, yet it furnishes the vaccine
"nlch makes man immune to smallpox.
WORK stlll lacking the stamp of exact
ness, 10 Is true, but carrying marks of val
uo' lnulcate that anthrax and bovine tn
poroulosls 90 not tolerate each other. that
as long as animals are immune To anthrav
they afford conditions extremely unfavor-
able Tor the development of consumption
leu tests on that question are in nroo-
ress. ~ PiOs-
while work in all of these known linos
Is OF value, the leading desire at this sta
eion now Is to study the principle OF i'm
-, ~ anu 20 make new applications |
Ihat which holds good for diseases Affect.
ing man and the lower animals NAV also
apply to the class of plant diseases ~
whloh the so called fire blight of the near
Is an example. The bacillus causing that
disease has been isolated and cultivated IN
artificial media. No good theoretical rea-
sons exist for denying that immunity NAV
DO given to fruit trees, as it now is given
10 man and the lower animals.
As laboratory facilities and mon trainad
IN and eager for this line Of work are now
Within reach at this station, the inouirv
has been mado whether the various anti. ,
'oxines, or animals In condition to Weld
hem, cannot be kept at Newark. subieot
. call from the praotioing physicians Of
Delaware. The funds provided by the ma
lonal government are not available FOR
hat purpose. They can be used solely I'm !
.aining information, theoretical and prao- I
lcal, for the use OF the agrioulturist and !
or publishing the results of the work. An :
'mendment to the present law would he I
necessary before the distribution of i'm !.
serum could be undertaken. ex- !
epting only In cases in which said serum !,
nay result in the necessary studies of dis :
ases among domestic animals. a