Veterinary Medicine – Page 136 – Memoirs of a Country Vet

Notes on My Mother

D. E. Larsen, DVM My mother was born on August 14, 1913, as Dolores Lorrene Davenport. She was born on the family farm on Catching Creek, out of Myrtle Point, Oregon. The fifth child in a family of ten, she learned how to work at an early age. But by today’s standards, her childhood wasContinue reading “Notes on My Mother”

From the Archives, one year ago

The Unusual Colic

The Unusal Colic D. E. Larsen, DVM I hurried along Berlin Road as the last of the daylight was fading into twilight. Hank had an old horse down with colic. I always dreaded colic calls. Many were simple fixes, but there was no place close to send them for abdominal surgery if it was aContinue reading “The Unusual Colic”