To the Editor:

Re: “Univ. Pulls Peanut Products Off Shelves,” News, Feb. 18

I think it behooves us to recognize that Salmonellosis and Salmonella (as written about in the article “Univ. Pulls Peanut Products Off Shelves”) is named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, the first Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 1876, in the United States. The degree was awarded from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the first in the country.

Stanley Scharf