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
Summary
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
Notes
Notes: p. 311-359
Includes indexes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-359) and indexes
