Why is Iridology so misunderstood?

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, May, 2003 by Bill Caradonna

Part of the challenge for advancing Iridology in North America has been exposing Iridologists to updated approaches, and disseminating appropriately designed research information. The future may hold information that vastly supersedes what we know now. In time, Iridology may look as different to us as the present does to Iridologists from the past. Hopefully, with the evolution of this practice, we will be able to achieve our objectives and elevate Iridology to its proper place in the health care field. We do not know where this journey will take us, but are fully committed to it.

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