Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
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N615.5073/3
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English
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xv, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. 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 Scienc...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
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England
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c2002.
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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 f...
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Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
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Notes: p. 311-359.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-359) and index.
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N615.5073/3
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74VvxxeBx2N3
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0195140710 (hbk.)
9780195140712
0195140710
9780195140712 :
0195140710 :
9780195171624 (pbk.)
0195171624 (pbk.)
9780195140712 (hbk.)
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615.50973
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991016907469702626
