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Author Cayleff, Susan E., 1954- author.

Title Nature's path : a history of naturopathic healing in America / Susan E. Cayleff
Published Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (x, 397 pages)
Contents Following nature's path and botanic healing -- Spokes of a wheel : the healings systems of naturopathy -- "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy -- Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their yungborn sanatorium -- Women, naturopathy, and power -- Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients -- Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination -- Legal battles : democracy or autocracy? -- Professionalizing and defining the nature cure -- Deepening divides, 1945-1969 -- The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health
Summary "In Nature's Path- the first comprehensive book to examine the complex history and culture of American naturopathy- Susan E. Cayleff tells the fascinating story of the movement's nineteenth-century roots."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Naturopathy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Holistic medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th century
History.
Humanities.
Naturopathy -- history
History, 20th Century
Holistic Health -- history
History
Humanities
history (discipline)
humanities.
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
Holistic medicine
Naturopathy
Naturheilkunde
Alternative Medizin
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421419046
1421419041
1421419041