>"Do animals have stemcells? And could they be used to help the ferret >organs of adrenal, &ece, as well as numerous other illinss must go >through. The reason for looking is that many of our older ones will >not suverrive the sugery." Although it is little understood within the U.S., homeopathic medicine is well used in Europe and especially in England. The queen has a homeopath for a physician. Homeopathic medicines are prepared in a very different way to make them safe, with little what we call in the US *side-effects.* It would take too long here to explain it, but Dana Ullman, a well-known author in the Alt-medicine field has written on the science of homeopathy. His book is entitled "Homeopathic Medicines," ISBN#0-87477-641-4. Homeopathic nosodes are remedies made from a tiny bit of diseased tissue. Before you go ewwwww - you should know that at the end of the process no diseased tissue is left in the final remedy. We have worked on various diseases in case of terrorism. Nosodes are wonderful and have saved many lives. You can look up "David Little" in your search engine if you wish to learn about them. The question was put to me last year about preparing a bit of nosode from a diseased ferret organ via tissue biopsy. We are still looking into the safety and preparation issues. We would probably go to Washington Homeopathic here by NIH in Bethesda for preparation assistance as they have the machines to do it now. When the nosode is given it prompts the body to heal itself through several *re-tracings,* of disease. It is very often successful but is a difficult science to understand and lecture on. David is a member of the "Homeopathy List," with me and has written about his ongoing work in this field for the past 4 years, maybe more. BTW the queens homeopath is still on that list, I think. So as we go along a bit of prayer for maybe developing something for our beloved fuzzies would be welcome. This is not meant to provoke a long discussion, and I have given sources for your own research should this subject interest you. Warmly ~ Mary L. Conley, M.S. Natural Science N.D. (Dr. of Natural Medicine) Conley Farm Organic Herbs Online Classes ~ Private Consultations www.Herbgrow30.com [Posted in FML issue 4494]