BOOKS: Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats.

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 1993:

Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats. B y

Diane Stein, The Crossing Press (P.O. Box 1048,

Freedom, CA 95019; 800-777-1048), 1993, 186 pages,

paper $16.95.

One American in three resorts to alternative health

care methods for some ailments, the New England Journal

of Medicine reported in January. Recognizing the potential

value of some alternative treatments, the National Institutes

of Health recently formed an Office of Alternative

Medicine, with an initial budget of $2 million. Yet the

availability of similar therapies for companion animals has

received relatively little attention. Pat Lazarus raised the

possibility in her 1983 volume Keep Your Pet Healthy The

Natural Way, and a few alternative-oriented veterinarians

such as Richard Kearns have attracted faithful followings,

but perhaps because there are few health food stores for ani-

mals, interest has been comparatively slow to develop.