SC - Fw: Opotherapy

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/20/00 3:12:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
phlip at morganco.net writes:

<< Does anyone have any idea what
 >this might refer to. >>

The word "opotherapy" comes from the Greek word for juice and the Greek word 
for treatment and was coined by Landouzy, who supposed the juice of organs, 
or products contained in the juices, to have a therapeutic effect. Opotherapy 
consists of using desiccated healthy animal tissues or their juices, or the 
active principles extracted from them; they may be administered by the 
gastrointestinal route or by injection. The idea of treating diseases with 
extracts of animal organs is a very old one, and is based upon both tradition 
and empirical observation.

(From the Web.....

Ras