Health
Treating Pets, Caring for People
Veterinary medicine isn't just about Fido and Fifi anymore.
Lindsey Konkel • September 16, 2009
![Ailing cats and injured dogs are all in a day's work for Doctor Collins. [Credit: Vanessa Smetkowski, Flickr.com]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vanessa-smetkowski.jpg)
Ailing cats and injured dogs are all in a day's work for Doctor Collins. [Credit: Vanessa Smetkowski, Flickr.com]
Doctor Patricia Collins is a veterinarian and co-owner of a small animal hospital in Valley Cottage, New York. As she tells us, in many respects, treating animal patients is not so different than treating human patients.
