The concept that medicinal activity exists in animal substances is a very old one. The ancient Egyptians, Arabians and Chinese employed the blood, secretions and excretions as drugs, and every primitive society has used this form of "organotherapy" as part of the religious and mythological doctrine of the group. It derives from the concept of 'totemism' (an anthropological term referrlng to the worship of a species of animal or vegetable) and is an outgrowth of 'animism' (the doctrine that the phenomena of animal life are produced by an immaterial 'anima' or soul. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110007 |
| Date | January 1955 |
| Creators | Lowi, Naomi Paltiel. |
| Contributors | (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Experimental Medicine.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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