Nature Cures The History of Alternative Medicine in America

Name: Nature Cures The History of Alternative Medicine in America
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ISBN: 9780195171624

ISBN-10: 0195171624

ISBN-13: 9780195171624

Edition: 2004

Authors: James C. Whorton

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From reflexology and rolfing to shiatsu and dream work, we are confronted today by a welter of alternative medical therapies. But as James Whorton shows in Nature Cures, the recent explosion in alternative medicine actually reflects two centuries of competition and conflict between mainstream medicine and numerous unorthodox systems. This is the first comprehensive history of alternative medicine in America, examining the major systems that have emerged from 1800 to the present. Writing with wit and with fairness to all sides, Whorton offers a fascinating look at alternative health systems such as homeopathy, water cures, Mesmerism, Christian Science, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy,…

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List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Preface



The Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing



The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview



Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism



Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy



Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy



Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science



The Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing



The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom



The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathy



Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic



Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy



The Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing



From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine



The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture



From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine


Conclusion: The Twenty-first Century: The Age of Curapathy?


Abbreviations


Notes


Index