Tag: homeopathy

  • Millennium baby

    Millennium baby

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    I qualified in 1999 and, because I drew the short straw and was a new graduate, I saw in the millennium with a friendly little Yorkshire terrier as it recovered from a seizure. I’ve spent New Years’ in worse company. Although the idea seems almost inconceivable to me, 1999 was actually a long time ago…

  • Confronted by prejudice

    Confronted by prejudice

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    The consultation had been going well. The FLUTD was cured – at least for the moment – and the cat was safely back in its box, presumably experiencing the strange sensation of being relieved to find itself in a carrier. As I wrote the notes, my conversation with the owner – a large, middle-aged woman…

  • Pseudoscientific fluff

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    Attitudes and opinions change gradually as we get older. I don’t normally subscribe to the “left wing/right wing” model of politics and attitudes – I think there are a multitude of nuanced politics and views which make the right/left redundant. I am, however, getting much less tolerant as I get older. When I was an…