 Iridology began in
Hungary in 1861 when Ignatz Peczely found an owl with a broken leg
(some reports say he broke the leg). He noticed a stripe of black in the
iris of the owl. After nursing the owl's leg back to health, he released
the bird into the wild. At this time, he noticed the stripe of black was
replaced with fine, crooked white lines. Years later when the boy became a doctor,
he began to realize that his patients had similar irregularities in their
irises. The differences depended on the type and stage of illness. Over time he
charted a map of the iris/body relation.
Around
the same time, a 14-year-old Swedish boy, Nils Liljequist, became severely ill
following a vaccination. After he began treatment with quinine and other potent
drugs he noticed a change in his iris color. Years later he broke some of
his ribs and again noticed a change in his iris color. In 1893 he published over
258 drawings in an atlas depicting his interpretation of the iris/body relation.
The two
men's maps were startlingly similar.
 In the
1950's Dr. Bernard Jensen published his own set of maps in the United
States. These are some of the most widely used maps for Iridology, which
is now gaining popularity world wide, especially in Australia, Canada, and some European
and Asian Countries.
|
