Reminds me of another shaggy dog story.
A vet is telling a distraught owner that her pet was very ill. The owner
begs the vet to try other diagnostic approach to see if there is any hope at
all.
The vet considers this, opens a door and whistles. In bounces a black
Labrador who sniffs the animal, barks and walks away. A moment later, in
wanderers a cat who sniffs the animal and walks pointedly away.
"There" says the vet, the original diagnosis is confirmed. That will be £
250 please. The owner is outraged "How can you charge that amount"
"Well, its £50 for my time and £100 each for the lab tests and the cat scan"
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From: JG MIDDLE [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 March 2005 08:30
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Subject: Canine Assisted Diagnosis
I'm not sure whether it was the effect of a large G&T hitting my blood
stream on Sunday night, but I thought I heard the presenter describe a dog
which could smell bladder cancer in the urine of sufferers, and that it
successfully 'diag-nosed' a patient who had been cleared by their doctor.
Google tells me that there was a report on the BBC news website at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3682722.stm
and also this recently about a 'new urine test
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4266745.stm
but are there any comments, additional information, speculation on the
impact of this on laboratory medicine?
Cheers
Jonathan Middle
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