Biotherapy - History, Principles and Practice A Practical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease using Living Organisms /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grassberger, Martin (Editor), Sherman, Ronald A. (Editor), Gileva, Olga S. (Editor), Kim, Christopher M.H (Editor), Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Complementary medicine.; Dermatology.; Internal medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Surgery.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Surgery.; Infectious Diseases.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.; Psychology, general.

Biotherapy as defined by the International Biotherapy Society is the use of living organisms in the treatment and diagnosis of human diseases. Although modern day Western medicine has often little understanding for living creatures in daily medical practice, there is a long-standing tradition in man...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Biotherapy - an Introduction
•  Maggot Therapy
• Hirudotherapy
•  Apitherapy - Bee Venom Therapy
• Apitherapy - The Use of Honeybee Products
• Ichthyotherapy
• Helminth Therapy
• Phage Therapy
• Animal Assisted Therapy: Benefits and Challenges
• Equine Assisted Therapy: An Overview
• Canine Olfactory Detection of Human Disease.