[Perception of zoonosis in veterinary medicine and society]. / Perzeption von Zoonosen in der Veterinärmedizin und Gesellschaft.

A transdisciplinary project was undertaken by veterinarians and historians to investigate various aspects of potential zoonotic diseases that were classified, or have been seriously considered as reportable diseases in Switzerland (bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE], brucellosis, neosporosis, tuberculosis). Above all we were interested in the scientific and societal background which is necessary to declare an infectious disease being a reportable disease which needs to be eradicated. Results of this study have shown that the time interval between the first recognition of an infectious disease and the implementation of national control measures can vary greatly. In the post modern information based society, the interval between recognition of a new emerging disease and its eradication program becomes much shorter when the disease in question has a zoonotic potential. The historic correlation is not used as a history of progress. It is presented to explain the different recognition of risk and the broad context of measurements in society to fight against zoonosis.

The management of acute dental pain in the recovering alcoholic.

Although there have been many advances in our understanding of the neurophysiology of pain, the management of acute pain continues to be a challenge. When the need arises to provide adequate and effective pain management for the recovering alcoholic, the problem becomes much more complex. The clinician must provide the patient with adequate analgesia without causing a relapse. In the US, 6% to 10% of the population has attended Alcoholics Anonymous at some point, increasing the likelihood of the clinician being faced with the need to manage acute pain in a recovering alcoholic. The purpose of this article is to suggest guidelines for the management of acute dental pain in the recovering alcoholic based on current principles of acute pain management and for the treatment of pain in addicted patients.