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- From: betsy@rainbow.uchicago.edu (Betsy Weatherhead)
- Subject: dog myths (was Tea-totalling dog!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.001045.6997@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:10:45 GMT
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- > It is a myth that dogs have less germs than humans. (I learned that while
- > working for a vet).
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- I'm not so sure this is a myth. The vet I worked for believed that dogs'
- mouths were fairly sanitary. It's true that their licking of problem spots
- can cause more harm than good, but generally not because of increased
- infection. My other personal experience on this subject comes from working
- in an (human) emergency room. A human bite was considered massively more
- dangerous than a dog bite. Procedures for cleaning, antibiotics, and
- follow-up care differed drastically. The emergency room was in a teaching
- hospital, where doctors came to do a residency in emergency care, so I'm
- only assuming that their decision to treat human bites from dog bites was
- well founded.
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