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Dr Joseph Green asks why I did not ask the patients why they thought
camel's milk might interfere with their sedation. Actually only one
patient knew that his sedation was going to be ineffective, and he did not
venture any reason beyond "Camels' milk is very strong". The second
patient did not know in advance, and was very surprised to be asked the
question.
Both of Dr Baker's patients knew that his sedative would be
ineffective, and both attributed their resistance to sedation to their
consumption of Camel's milk. Perhaps he could ask them why.
Re: Ask the patient
Dr Joseph Green asks why I did not ask the patients why they thought
camel's milk might interfere with their sedation. Actually only one
patient knew that his sedation was going to be ineffective, and he did not
venture any reason beyond "Camels' milk is very strong". The second
patient did not know in advance, and was very surprised to be asked the
question.
Yours sincerely,
Robert Baker
Competing interests: No competing interests