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1 online resource (365 pages) |
| Series |
Medical Humanites |
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Medical Humanites
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Landscape; 2. Every Man His Own Physician; 3. Reformed Medicine, 1825-1856; 4. Buchanan's Feuds and Fads; Gallery of Illustrations; 5. Consolidation, 1856-1875; 6. Eclectic Materia Medica; 7. Challenges, 1875-1910; 8. Malaise, 1910-1939; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Back Cover |
| Summary |
John S. Haller, Jr., provides the first modern history of the Eclectic school of American sectarian medicine. The Eclectic school (sometimes called the ""American School"") flourished in the mid-nineteenth century when the art and science of medicine was undergoing a profound crisis of faith. At the heart of the crisis was a disillusionment with the traditional therapeutics of the day and an intense questioning of the principles and philosophy upon which medicine had been built. Many American physicians and their patients felt that medicine had lost the ability |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medicine, Eclectic -- United States -- History
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Medicine, Eclectic.
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Medicine -- History.
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History.
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Humanities.
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Therapeutics.
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Eclecticism, Historical
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History of Medicine
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History, Modern 1601-
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Phytotherapy
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History
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Humanities
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Americas
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Complementary Therapies
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Geographic Locations
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Therapeutics
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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Geographicals
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history of medicine.
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history (discipline)
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humanities.
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Medicine, Eclectic.
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Alternative Medicine.
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Medicine.
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Health & Biological Sciences.
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North America.
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United States |
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North America |
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809381067 |
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0809381060 |
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0585029660 |
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9780585029665 |
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