tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post8582608852582324595..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: Clinical Medicine Goes to the Dogs: Poop of PrincipleAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-53475888229144657742013-02-17T19:06:44.270-07:002013-02-17T19:06:44.270-07:00Perfumeshrine:
I suppose the impracticalities of ...Perfumeshrine:<br /><br />I suppose the impracticalities of having a dog in an infectious disease unit could be overcome if the speed or accuracy of the canine diagnosis was significantly superior. <br /><br />What mystifies me is that the authors of this and other such papers <i>assume</i> that dogs have an awesomely better sense of smell. That's no longer a defensible position. (Read the literature, people!) It's almost as if they want to believe in human inferiority.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-70945852202955861222013-02-17T09:43:41.280-07:002013-02-17T09:43:41.280-07:00Apparently the "difficile" part refers t...Apparently the "difficile" part refers to the ability to constrain one's urge to run to the toilet rather than another's ability to smell you going!<br /><br />Seriously, imagine having to run dogs inside hospitals for these kinds of tests, with all the additional problems that might entail (hygiene, asthma attacks on sensitive patients/personnel etc.) As you say, sometimes the practicality of having a human sort out the mess (a bit less effectively, I'll grant you) defeats the canine olfactory epiphany. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com