Vets demand official rejection of homeopathy
10:04 01 July 2006
NewScientist.com news service

IF YOUR pet was ill, would you plump for a homeopathic remedy?

Many vets are aghast that unproven homeopathic treatments are routinely prescribed to animals (New Scientist, 10 December 2005, p 8). The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in London, however, seems unsure of its stance.

New Scientist has learned that the RCVS decided back in February to quietly remove a list of vets that offer homeopathic treatments from its official published register of licensed veterinary practitioners. Vets who believe it is against animals' best interests to undergo unproven treatments say pets should only be given orthodox medicines, and that the RCVS's list withdrawal is not enough. They add that details of homeopathic vets remain available on its website. Forty vets have written to the college demanding it reject homeopathy.

The RCVS denies that its website supports homeopathic practice. "It's not an endorsement," says a spokesman. "The college retains the view that if people want homeopathic treatment for their animals it's better done by a registered veterinary surgeon."

This caught my attention because I thought at first it was referring to veterans (of the military), of which I am one. It would certainly save the Veteran's Administration a lot of money to be giving them water instead of medicine. Sounds like something the Bush administration might try to put over on us.

LOL. But hang on, doesn't quantum theory give us the possibility of something from nothing? It's the definition of nothing that's important there though, of course.