RE: RCVS muddled over homeopathy

Paul Kensington — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:01:35 GMT

I shudder to think this guy Tufnell is in charge when he has written a letter like this. I agree with Danny on every point. Tufnell sounds like the usual, wishy - washy bureaucrat trying to appease everyone and the "what you think, feel and want to work" is the best approach" rather than what actually DOES work. In any other area of veterinary medicine the using by vets of such archaic, dodgy and unproven types of treatments means they would be struck off. The ironical thing is homeopathy was invented in the 1700s on a whim to explain a system with no evidence or scientific backing at all and people would think we are nuts if we persevere with other medical treatments from that time like bleeding, using mercury etc. When the lifespan was about 35 when homeopathy was around and people died of all kinds of terrible diseases, do you think that people affected in the 1700s would stick with homeopathy if they had the choice of our modern medicines and our long lifespan?? Doctors and chemists would be killed in the rush!

RE: RCVS muddled over homeopathy

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:14:46 GMT

The RCVS is urging us to practice Evidence Based Medicine, and yet fails to ban homeopathy. The double standard is mind-boggling!

Wynne