Entirely On-Line, Chapter-by-Chapter Reviews of:
 

Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine:
Principles and Practice
Edited by: Allen M. Schoen, DVM and Susan G. Wynn, DVM
Mosby, St. Louis, 1998
 
 

The following is a list of all the chapters in "Comp and Alt Vet Med." Chapters with available reviews are linked in bold below each. Pertinent on-line articles and abstracts offering a critical assessment of the subjects in question (but which fail to specifically mention either the chapter or the author in question) will also be hyperlinked.
 

UNIT ONE: FUNDAMENTALS

1. (Pg. 3) Fundamentals of Alternative and Complementary Veterinary Medicine, by Susan G. Wynn and Allan M. Schoen

See: Social and Judgmental Biases That Make Inert Treatments Seem to Work, Barry L. Beyerstein, Scientific Review of Alt Med 3(2):20-33, 1999.

Medline abstracts dealing with Alternative Medicine in general

The Entirely On-Line Alt Med Primer

2. (Pg. 15) Evidence-Based Medicine: Critical Evaluation of New and Existing Therapies, by Brenda Bonnett

"Only 15% of Scientific Biomedicine is 'Evidence Based'"?" WRONG! Prof. David Sackett
 

UNIT TWO: NUTRITION

See: Nutriceutical, Alternative and Complementary Therapies The Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital Nutrition Support Service

3. (Pg. 23) Basic and Preventive Nutrition for the Cat, Dog and Horse, by Roger V. Kendall

4. (Pg. 53) Therapeutic Nutrition for the Dog and Cat, by Roger V. Kendall

5. (Pg. 73) Pet Food Preservatives and Other Additives, by W. Jean Dodds

REVIEW BY ROSALIND DALEFIELD, BVSc, PhD, DABVT, DABT

6. (Pg. 81) Glandular Therapy, Cell Therapy, and Oral Tolerance, by Allan E. Lewis and Allan M. Schoen

7. (Pg. 93) Nutritional Approaches to Cancer Therapy, by Greg K. Ogilvie

8. (Pg. 113) Orthomolecular Medicine: A Practitioner's Perspective, by Wendell O. Belfield
 

UNIT THREE: PHYSICAL MEDICINE

9. (Pg. 133) Traditional Chinese Medical Theory, by John B. Limehouse and Priscilla A. Taylor

10. (Pg. 147) Small Animal Acupuncture: Scientific Basis and Clinical Applications, by Sheldon Altman.

11. (Pg. 169) Equine Acupuncture, by Peggy Fleming

12. (Pg. 185) Chiropractic Care, by Sharon Willoughby

13. (Pg. 201) Physical Therapy, by Mimi Porter

14. (Pg. 213) Massage Therapy, by Mimi Porter and Mary Bromily

REVIEW BY PETER M. TIIDUS, Ph.D

15. (Pg. 217) TTEAM Approach, by Joyce Harman
 

UNIT FOUR: ENERGY MEDICINE

See: Alternative Medicine and the Laws of Physics, Robert Park, Skeptical Inquirer, September 1997

16. (Pg. 227) Introduction to Bioenergetic Medicine, by Joanne Stefanatos

Physicist Victor Stenger REVIEWS the "Bioenergetic Medicine" literature, with particular attention to this chapter by Joanne Stefanatos

Other pertinent on-line material:

Quantum Quackery, Victor J. Stenger, Skeptical Inquirer magazine, January/February 1997

Quantum Metaphysics, Victor J. Stenger, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine 1(1), 26-30, 1997

17. (Pg. 247) Low-Energy Photon Therapy, by Pekka J Pontinen

18. (Pg. 275) Magnetic Field Therapy, by Donald E. Hudson and Doreen O. Hudson
 

UNIT FIVE: BOTANICAL MEDICINE

19. (Pg. 299) Western Herbal Medicine: Traditional Materia Medica, by James A. Duke, Judy Ducellier and Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg

20. (Pg. 337) Western Herbal Medicine: Clinical Applications, by Enriqueta De Guzman

21. (Pg. 379) Chinese Herbal Medicine: Pharmacologic Basis, by Lin Jen-Hsou, Philip A. M. Rogers and Haruki Yamada

22. (Pg. 405) Veterinary Herbal Therapy in China, by Huisheng Xie and Jianxin Zhu

23. (Pg. 437) Chinese Herbal Medicine in Small Animal Practice, by Cheryl Schwartz

24. (Pg. 451) Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine, by Robert J. Silver

REVIEW BY C. VISWANATHAN
 

UNIT SIX: HOMEOPATHY

25. (Pg. 469) Homeopathic Medicine: Principles and Research, by Dana Ullman

26. (Pg. 485) Veterinary Homeopathy: Principles and Practice, by Christopher Day, Research Section by J.G.G. Saxton

27. (Pg. 515) Homeopathy in Food Animal Practice, by C. Edgar Scheaffer

28. (Pg. 521) Homeopathy in Equine Practice, by Peggy Flemming
 

UNIT SEVEN: MISCELLANEOUS THERAPIES

29. (Pg. 537) Environmental Medicine for Veterinary Practitioners, by Sherry A. Rogers

REVIEW BY ROSALIND DALEFIELD, BVSc, PhD, DABVT, DABT

30. (Pg. 561) Aromatherapy, by Susan G. Wynn and Michael D. Kirk-Smith

31. (Pg. 579) Bach Flower Remedy: A Practitioner's Perspective, by Stephen R. Blake, Jr.
 

UNIT EIGHT: INTEGRATION INTO VETERINARY PRACTICE

32. (Pg. 589) Incorporating Complementary Veterinary Therapies into Conventional Small Animal Practice, by Allen M. Schoen

33. (Pg. 601) Holistic Approach to Equine Practice, by Joyce C. Harman

34. (Pg. 631) Incorporating Holistic Medicine into Equine Practice, by Joyce C. Harman

35. (Pg. 649) Holistic Medicine in Exotic Species Practice, by David M. McCluggage

36. (Pg. 665) Integration into Surgical Practice, by Elaine R. Caplan
 

UNIT NINE: ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY PERSPECTIVES

37. (Pg. 673) Veterinary Bioethics, by Michael W. Fox

38. (Pg. 679) The Human-Companion Animal Bond, by Suzanne Hetts and Daniel Q. Estep

39. (Pg. 691) Small Animal Euthanasia: Behavioral Perspective, by Laurel Lagoni and Carolyn L. Butler

40. (Pg. 701) Vaccine-Related Issues, by W. Jean Dodds

41. (Pg. 713) Ethnoveterinary Medicine, by Constance M. McCorkle

REVIEW BY R. Imrie, DVM

42. (Pg. 743) Legal Issues in Holistic Veterinary Practice, by Gregg A. Scoggins
 

APPENDIXES: RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION

A. (Pg. 755) Suppliers

B. (Pg. 759) Worldwide Web Sites

C. (Pg. 761) Recommended Texts

D. (Pg. 763) Periodicals

E. (Pg. 767) Veterinary Complementary and Alternative Medicine Organizations

F. (Pg. 768) Complementary Medicine Databases

G. (Pg. 769) Diagnostic Software