Talk:Somatid

This article reads like utter nonsense. Unfortunately, it is utter nonsense which seems to have some following in the alternative medicine scene. It begins with the three researchers named which have Wikipedia articles: Among the claims I find especially difficult to believe are the somatid's immortality and its being "the point where intelligent energy is concretised into intelligent matter" - whatever "intelligent energy" is supposed to be. No scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals are given as references, and I doubt any exist. Nevertheless, the somatid is presented not as a fringe theory of questionable scientific value, but as fact. Thus, I suggest a thorough rewrite to put the somatid in relation to mainstream science. --Huon 12:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) The first, Antoine Bechamp, is a 19th century french biologist whose results were not accepted by the scientific community due to a lack of experimental success.
 * 2) Wilhelm Reich is a psychoanalyst whose reputation is at best mixed.
 * 3) My personal favourite, Royal Rife is described by Wikipedia as a "fraud and quack".


 * Huon, you missed the unlinked researcher that is cited. About him, I found:

Gaston Naessens "was arrested in Quebec in 1989 and charged with four counts of illegal practice of medicine and one count of contributing to the death of a patient." (Roberts) "Naessens had been convicted four times of practicing medicine without a license, twice in France, and twice in Canada." (Blackburn) -http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/UnconventionalTherapies/GastonNaessens714X.htm


 * This article needs to be re-written, as it seems to be an important fake medicine concept, and one which Wikipedia should more fully describe and cite. -Harmil 16:32, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Why does not this article relate to the concept of small organisms that you can watch under a special kind of telescope? Are they a complete lie? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fat64 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

The article's history (for example here) contains a little more information on the small organisms, which are also known as microzymas. The name "somatid" was invented by Naessens, who went on to manufacture a "medicine" based on his discovery; that's what the article currently redirects to. It's a theory not accepted by mainstream science; the results were not reproduced, the somatids not observed by other researchers. Nothing was ever published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Huon (talk) 10:20, 1 April 2009 (UTC)