Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America

Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.

Author/creator	Whorton, James C., 1942-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002.
Description	xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Alternative medicine--United States --History. Alternative medicine--United States --History --20th century. Complementary Therapies--history --United States. History, 19th Century--United States. History, 20th Century--United States.

Contents	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.
General note	Notes: p. 311-359.
General note	Includes indexes.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN	2002022023
ISBN	0195140710
ISBN	9780195140712

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WB 900 W628N 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold