the only connection I have with horses, is an article I recently tried to publish with a colleague called- "horses and zebras, and the art and science of medicine" . the funny thing is that they did not accept it for publication, because there was nothing novel about it. all we said was that physicians should keep in mind that patients may have rare diseases, rare presentations of rare disease and unusual/unexpected response to treatment. and that a good physician patient-relationship based on mutual trust and respect, and the understanding that not everything is covered by our text books and journals is essential. but everyone knows that!!!

obviously they do, and that is why, so many of them understand right away that when a patient does not fit the textbook, or has a very unusual and unexpected response to a certain highly effective treatment that works so well in 99% of the patients, he/she definitely has some psychiatric problems that account for that.