Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.
| Author/creator | Whorton, James C., 1942- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 |