Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America /
by Whorton, James C.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002Description: xv, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0195140710.Subject(s): Alternative medicine -- United States -- History | Alternative medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Notes: p. 311-359.
Includes indexes.
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.
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