In the fall of 1965, Dr. Wendell Belfield, veterinarian, drew 2000 milligrams of sodium ascorbate (buffered Vitamin C) into a hypodermic syringe and injected it intravenously into a dog infected with the canine distemper virus. This one procedure was the beginning of orthomolecular medicine in a veterinary practice. Since then, he has contributed a number of important papers that every one should examine:
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Dr. Belfield's developments in orthomolecular and veterinary medicine have been published in several journals and magazines, including:
Veterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician: Vitamin C in the Treatment of the Canine and Feline Distemper Complex, 1967
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/VitaminC.pdfVeterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician: The Use of Insulin in Open Wound Healing, 1970
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/Open_wound_healing.pdfVeterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician: The Dysplastic Dog Can Be Helped, 1971
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/Dysplastic_dog.pdfVeterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician: Partial Spay (Hysterectomy), 1972
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/Partial_Spay.pdfVeterinary Medicine/ Small Animal Clinician: Canine Orchiopexy, 1975
Journal of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine: Megascorbic Prophylaxis and Megascorbic Therapy: A New Orthomolecular Modality in Veterinary Medicine, 1975
Journal of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine: An Orthomolecular Approach to Feline Leukemia Prevention and Control, 1975
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/Feline_Leukemia.pdfVeterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician: Chronic Subclinical Scurvy and Canine Hip Dysplasia, 1976
http://www.belfield.com/pdfs/Hip_dysplasia.pdf