organotherapyn.

1896 Med. Times & Hosp. Gaz. 24 545/2 The belief..that diseases arising from a lack of the normal secretion of a certain gland, may at times be treated with benefit by administering the secretion of that gland from lower animals..forms the basis of modern organotherapy.

1915 Arch. Internal Med. 15 40 There are in the literature only casual references to the influence of organotherapy on the formation and excretion of ketone bodies.

1939 M. A. Goldzieher Endocrine Glands i. 1 Organotherapy is as old as mankind and is used by primitive peoples to-day.

1958 Internat. Jrnl. Fertility 3 315 It is difficult to determine the incidence of endocrine disorders in studies of sterility. It is largely for this reason that organotherapy is either neglected or applied empirically.

1968 Guardian 27 Apr. 7/6 Organotherapy—the use of organs, animal or human, as a form of treatment.

2001 Jrnl. Urol. 165 371 Brown-Sequard gave birth to the field of organotherapy in 1889 when he announced that his auto-injection of testicular extracts resulted in rejuvenated physical and mental abilities.

1908 Practitioner Sept. 428 All forms of medical treatment of this affection, whether hygienic, dietetic, medicinal, organotherapic, or electrical in nature, are unsatisfactory.