> He put a paw to his midsection,, "I think I have dog poisoning," and a loud
> long burp erupted uncontrolled from him,  rumbling like a great bass tuba.
>
> The medic cocked her head  slightly.  "I am not sure if I know what dog
> poisoning is,  Lieutenant, but then I must admit that I have never  treated someone
> of your species before."
>
> "Look under Federation  Species 'Dilbian" in your medical database," he said,
> "Or i have an isolinear  chip here withg the information on it."
>
> Thomas accepted the chip and inserted it into a nearby console to bring up 
> information about the Dilbian as she listened to Knucklebiter.
>
> "As far as 'dog poisoning', I think I am having a bad digestive  reaction to
> something I ate. I was told it was an Earth 'little doggie'.
>
> While she would not have chosen to eat a dog, it was not unheard of.   A
> number of south Asian and Polynesian cultures had a history of that sort of  dish.
>  She was surprised to hear that it would make someone ill since it is really
> not all that much different from eating the meat of another Earth  mammel. 
> "Was the meat cooked when you ate it?"

"No. was it supposed to be? I thought it was like that
'suu-shee' I was given on the Promenade one day. That
was very good." he answered
"Well, it would depend on whether your system could handle the bacteria in the meat when you ate it," she said with a smile.  She scanned over his system and noticed a series of bacteria that had built up in the lining of his stomach.  "I am going to give you some antibiotics to fight off the infection and something to settle your stomach," she continued as she picked up a hypospray and brought it to his neck.  The injection to just a second.  "Lieutenant, I think you can return to duty now."
 
(KB?)
 
AJ
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