# Organotherapy

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**Organotherapy** is a technique that makes use of extracts derived from animal or human tissues to treat medical conditions.[1] The practice of treating an organ with the same one derived from another creature, known as *similia similibus*, was familiar to the [Ancient Greeks](/source/Ancient_Greece) and [Romans](/source/Ancient_Rome); consuming brain tissue was considered a potential treatment for those of low intellect for instance.[2]

## References

### Citations

1. ["organotherapy, n."](http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/132475). *Oxford English Dictionary*. online ed. 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

1. Lenehan (2004), pp. 4–5.

### Bibliography

- Lenehan, Patrick (2004), *Anabolic Steroids*, CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-203-63453-0

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