isotherapy

isotherapy

(i?so-ther'a-pe) [? + therapeia, treatment]

1. The treatment of an organ disease by consuming the healthy organ of an animal

2. The treatment of viral and bacterial illnesses by administering dilute dosages of those microorganisms to infected patients. Isotherapy has been considered by some experts as a heretical branch of homeopathy. Synonym: isopathy

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