Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine

D. E. Larsen, DVM I was twenty years old, bouncing between school. It would be wrong to say I was struggling, but looking at my grades, you could draw that conclusion.  In 1963, everyone graduating from high school with an aptitude for math was directed toward engineering. It had not taken me long to realizeContinue reading “Greetings”

D. E. Larsen, DVM George was a large man, and he always seemed impatient. He was a retired police officer from California who moved to Sweet Home and built a new house out on North River Drive. I had seen Charlie, his Corgi, on several occasions. Charlie was more enjoyable to work with than George.Continue reading “Salmon Poisoning”

D. E. Larsen, DVM I first experienced a lesson completely devoid of textbooks or blackboards during my first year of veterinary school. I was with Doctor Davis in a horse stall. I learned more in that hour than in any classroom hour in my life. Dr. Davis had cared for the mules in Merrill’s Marauders’Continue reading “Lessons Not from Books “