The Nature of Animal Healing : The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide to Caring for Your Dog and Cat
by Martin Goldstein D.V.M.
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Author: Martin Goldstein D.V.M.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-06-06
ISBN: 0345439198
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Possibly helpful as a reference book
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is written by a veterinarian who employs alternative medical techniques in his practice (such as the use of nutritional supplements, chiropractic, and acupuncture) to offer pets a variety of methods with which to have their ailments improved. In one chapter he dissects the diets commercially available to dogs and cats (and lambastes the pet food industry, for the most part) and provides recommendations for more healthful, interesting foods that may be offered. In another chapter, he expresses strong disapproval for the standard vaccine schedule pets who are treated by vets who practice conventional medicine are subjected to from the age of a few weeks, and yearly for as long as they live. He goes so far as to state that vaccines cause cancer by weakening the immune system and allowing abnormal cells to proliferate. Another chapter offers a glossary of ailments commonly found in our pets, and recommendations for their treatment. He also discusses the death of a pet, the animal's spiritual life while alive, and the possibility of after-lives in pets. Although he has many criticisms of conventional veterinary medical practices, he concedes that there are some situations in which conventional therapies should be employed for the welfare of the patient (e.g., the use of standard antibiotics in the face of overwhelming infection). This reader found the author a little too dogmatic in his views at times. Goldstein also uses many anecdotal accounts (of his own experiences and those of others) to support his views, instead of reputable research findings. The book is full of anatomy and physiology, biology, and biochemistry, and may be too complicated for some readers.
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