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Posted by JoeM on May 10, 2002 at 08:05:32:

In Reply to: fools often laugh at inapropriate things posted by IC on May 09, 2002 at 17:47:08:

Hasim wasn't practicing veterinary medicine. He did not charge anyone else for his services to treat someone else's animal. I can give an aspirin to my child (or set a broken bone, or suture up a wound or give any manner of emergency first aid) and not be accused of "practicing medicine without a license." If my wife were having a baby, I could deliver it. I could NOT set a broken bone on a stranger and THEN charge that stranger a fee for doing so, because then, and ONLY then, would I be liable for "practicing medicine without a license." If I saw a car accident and someone was bleeding to death, I could apply first aid to that stranger AS LONG AS I CHARGED NO FEE. They might file a civil suit against me if I bungled the job, but in no way, shape, or form could I be accused of "practicing medicine without a license." Not that long ago I was a first aid instructor, and what I am saying is a fact in any state in the United States and as far as I know, this is true in any country in the world. So forget the nonsense about implied threats against this guy because you think he broke a law. He broke no law. period.

Now let's talk about under-the-skin salmonella infection. That is a real big problem with reptiles, just as under-the-skin staph infections are a real danger to mammals who have had a major break in their skin. I once bought an iguanid (a basilisk) who had an under-the-skin salmonella infection when I bought him. His tail was rotting off from the bacteria, and the infection had gotten into his eye. His skin was turning yellow when I got him, and he was obviously going to die soon. I took him to a vet who gave me antibiotics, but we both agreed that the basilisk's chances of survival were pretty slim. The vet said that the lizard was so close to death my efforts to save its life were probably hopeless.

In addition to the antibiotics I was giving the basilisk, I saturated toilet tissue with liquid colloidal silver and calamine lotion. Colloidal silver is something I am quite impressed with. There are several websites describing its use. Each time the mixture of paper, colloidal silver, and calamine would dry up, I would replace it on the open wound on the stub of the basilisk's tail. The wound was weeping fluid. I also added colloidal silver to its drinking water to help kill the bacterial infection in his bloodstream, as well as adding it to a sterile saline eyedrop solution for his eye.

The bottom line is that between the vet, the antibiotics, AND the colloidal silver, my friend Fin is still alive and currently breeding. I have now had him for almost seven years.

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: Hasim wasn't practicing veterinary medicine. He did not charge anyone else for his services to treat someone else's animal. I can give an aspirin to my child (or set a broken bone, or suture up a wound or give any manner of emergency first aid) and not be accused of "practicing medicine without a license." If my wife were having a baby, I could deliver it. I could NOT set a broken bone on a stranger and THEN charge that stranger a fee for doing so, because then, and ONLY then, would I be liable for "practicing medicine without a license." If I saw a car accident and someone was bleeding to death, I could apply first aid to that stranger AS LONG AS I CHARGED NO FEE. They might file a civil suit against me if I bungled the job, but in no way, shape, or form could I be accused of "practicing medicine without a license." Not that long ago I was a first aid instructor, and what I am saying is a fact in any state in the United States and as far as I know, this is true in any country in the world. So forget the nonsense about implied threats against this guy because you think he broke a law. He broke no law. period. : Now let's talk about under-the-skin salmonella infection. That is a real big problem with reptiles, just as under-the-skin staph infections are a real danger to mammals who have had a major break in their skin. I once bought an iguanid (a basilisk) who had an under-the-skin salmonella infection when I bought him. His tail was rotting off from the bacteria, and the infection had gotten into his eye. His skin was turning yellow when I got him, and he was obviously going to die soon. I took him to a vet who gave me antibiotics, but we both agreed that the basilisk's chances of survival were pretty slim. The vet said that the lizard was so close to death my efforts to save its life were probably hopeless. : In addition to the antibiotics I was giving the basilisk, I saturated toilet tissue with liquid colloidal silver and calamine lotion. Colloidal silver is something I am quite impressed with. There are several websites describing its use. Each time the mixture of paper, colloidal silver, and calamine would dry up, I would replace it on the open wound on the stub of the basilisk's tail. The wound was weeping fluid. I also added colloidal silver to its drinking water to help kill the bacterial infection in his bloodstream, as well as adding it to a sterile saline eyedrop solution for his eye. : The bottom line is that between the vet, the antibiotics, AND the colloidal silver, my friend Fin is still alive and currently breeding. I have now had him for almost seven years.

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