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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Beginning of Organ Transplants

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December 29, 2010: Today’s Boston Globe contains a long obituary following the death Monday of the first human kidney transplant donor. It ...
Saturday, December 25, 2010

What did you find in your Stocking?

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Christmas mornings are for stockings but, oh, what a surprise my wife found in hers a few weeks ago! The morning of our first snow, Doris pu...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dogs Are Good Medicine

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What do some child psychologists, neurologists and family therapists have in common? They use dogs as adjuncts in their medical practices. ...
Friday, December 10, 2010

2011 WORLD VETERINARY YEAR

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This week the United States Congress voted to designate 2011 as “World Veterinary Year to bring attention to and show appreciation for the ...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

A Holiday Book for your Favorite Veterinarian

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Here are two gift suggestions you might consider for your veterinarian or veterinarian-to-be. GENIUS ON THE EDGE, by Gerald Umber, MD A new...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

White Coat Ceremony for Cornell's Veterinary Class of 2012

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How and when did Cornell’s White Coat tradition begin? When I became dean in 1997, I had never heard about this symbolic coating of medica...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Value of Mentoring for a Successful Veterinary Career

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As an undergraduate student at Cornell in the mid 1950s, Patricia Thomson was often discouraged from following her dream to become a veterin...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Admission of Women to Veterinary Medicine at Cornell

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By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University Posted December 1, 2010 This historical blog is in recognition of the  150th anniversary  of th...