Iridology

Iridology is a method of diagnosing medical conditions by examining the irises of the eyes. Its practitioners believe that locations in the iris map to locations on the body and indicate their health. Ignatz von Peczely[?] created the field when he found an owl with an injured leg and noticed that the owl's iris had a dark band in it. As the leg healed, the dark band disappeared.

Iridology is largely considered pseudoscience, and is not accepted by mainstream medicine. Studies have shown that two or more practitioners examining the same patient rarely produce the same disagnosis.

External links

• Quackwatch article (http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/iridology)