Category Archives: Excerpts

Here are some of the conclusions in the book, now that this part of the adventure has ended: “I offer a prediction. If his NDV-serum treatment for dogs in the pre-neurologic stage of canine distemper could be put to the test by approved scientific methods, they would dramatically outperform the survival rates of traditional veterinaryContinue reading “Conclusions”

… About 70 miles out of Manhattan, not very far from I-80, they stopped at a roadside cemetery. They laid her on the grass under a big tree and fed her turkey slices from a deli. They gave her a drink of water with a syringe. “I noticed that she started watching my hand,” ClarkContinue reading “Blind, but now can see”

… All seven puppies in that first group improved by the next morning. “Pretty cool,” said Dr. Melton. However, one of those first seven did die of a respiratory infection a few weeks later. “Distemper was a death sentence until this to me because I had seen these other little puppies suffer,” Dr. Melton said.Continue reading “A death sentence until this”

… In mid-November, Jeff Wells of Houston sent me a dramatic set of videos of his 4-month old boxer mix, Max.48The first shot zooms in on Max’s profile, as he lays on a blue blanket, nearly unconscious. His black jaw and snout twitch. The next shot shows his full, light brown body as all fourContinue reading “Max”

… “What is amazing is – look at the amount of material you’re talking about. You’ve got a 10-pound dog. You’re giving it a CC of this material, which is nothing.” He points to a can of Coca-Cola on the table from lunch. “A CC of Coca-Cola wouldn’t even wet your whistle. And that isContinue reading “It works”

” …we have a way to treat distemper.” Al then explained his procedure, the NDV injection, the serum withdrawal, the subcutaneous injection, the dramatic recovery. Ott took this in and paced back and forth on the stage for about a minute and a half. Al expected to maybe get at least a pat on theContinue reading “Rejection”

… Without time to get the response from Cornell, Al didn’t know whether the serum in his refrigerator had interferon. But he had a patient likely to die without treatment, and he needed to know whether this material worked.Late that afternoon, he injected the serum into his patient “sub-Q,” shorthand for subcutaneous, meaning the needleContinue reading “The Discovery”

… We kept up the treatments for a couple of weeks. He hated the eye ointments and nose creams, so we had to put a muzzle on his snout. As we approached with the ointments, he would growl in protest, a low, threatening GRRRRRRR!  We watched him carefully, wondering whether a smacking of chops wasContinue reading “End of Chapter One”