Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195140710
- ISBN: 9780195140712
- Physical Description: xv, 368 pages : portraits ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-359) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing 1 -- 1. Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview 3 -- 2. Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism 25 -- 3. Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy 49 -- 4. Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy 77 -- 5. Mgnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science 103 -- Part II Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing 131 -- 6. Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom 133 -- 7. Rule of the Artery: Osteopathy 141 -- 8. Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic 165 -- 9. Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy 191 -- Part III Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing 219 -- 10. From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine 221 -- 11. Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture 245 -- 12. From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine 271 -- Conclusion: The Twenty-first Century: The Age of Curapathy? 297. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1570L Lexile |
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| Subject: | Alternative medicine > United States > History. Alternative medicine > United States > History > 20th century. |
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