[On cytotherapy and cytotherapeutists (author's transl)].

Abstract

Arguments used by advocates and opponents of Cytotherapy, supported by numerous quotations are set against each other. Any agreement is made rather difficult by attitudes of Cytotherapeutists which are characterized by pseudoscientific reasoning. Coarse examples of this particular way of arguing are given. Furthermore, indication inventories appear vastly exaggerated, documentation is incomplete, judgment of alleged successes and incidents are highly disputable, and angry reactions against learned critics were published. Since alleged successes could not be proved on examination, and because of lack of any scientific proof of efficiency, the warning of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Arztekammer issued in 1976 must be considered as well-founded. The same goes for the 1972 Federal Social Court's ruling which excludes any reward by social health insurance bodies of expenses incurred by Cytotherapy.