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Nature cures

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This text establishes historical context for the contemporary debate over the role of unconventional medicine in health care by examining the evolution of the major alternative systems in America from 1800 onwards.

כותר Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton. [electronic resource]
מוציא לאור Oxford
Oxford University Press
שנה 2023
הערות Notes: p. 311-359.
Includes indexes.
Previously issued in print: 2002.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Part I The Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing -- 1. The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview -- 2. Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism -- 3. Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy -- 4. Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy -- 5. Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science -- Part II The Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing -- 6. The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom -- 7. The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathy -- 8. Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic -- 9. Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy -- Part III The Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing -- 10. From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine -- 11. The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture -- 12. From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine -- Conclusion The Twenty-first Century: The Age of Curapathy? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.
סדרה Oxford scholarship online
היקף החומר 1 online resource (385 p.)
שפה אנגלית
שנת זכויות יוצרים �2002.
מספר מערכת 997010700080105171
תצוגת MARC

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