mallein

This consists in dropping into an eye of a suspected animal a specially prepared solution of mallein, as a result of which in an infected animal the inflammation develops in the eye, resulting in a discharge which varies in intensity from a mucopurulent character to a thick, sticky pus.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

If the horse does not have glanders the mallein has no effect or, at most, it produces a slight swelling only at the point of injection.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

_ -- When there is doubt as to the diagnosis, the mallein test, the inoculation test, or the complement-fixation test may be employed.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

Furthermore, the injection of mallein in cases of sporotrichosis will be attended with negative results.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

Much tuberculin and mallein have been furnished to State authorities for use in the agricultural colleges and experiment stations for the treatment of tuberculosis and glanders.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872

In several celebrated cases horses which have been affected with glanders have been known to work for years and die from other causes without ever having had the return of symptoms; but allowing that these cases may occur, they are so few and far between, and the danger of infection of glanders to other horses and to the stable attendants is so great, that no animal which has once been affected with the disease should be allowed to live unless repeated mallein tests have shown him to have become free from taint of glanders.

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

The mallein test is made by injecting mallein (a sterilized extract from

Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877