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Writing with wit and with fairness to all sides, Whorton offers a fascinating look at alternative health systems, highlighting their history, theories, successes and failures. His book is an engaging and authoritative history that highlights the course of alternative medicine in the U.S., providing valuable background to the wide range of therapies available today.
Writing with wit and with fairness to all sides, Whorton offers a fascinating look at alternative health systems, highlighting their history, theories, successes and failures. His book is an engaging and authoritative history that highlights the course of alternative medicine in the U.S., providing valuable background to the wide range of therapies available today.
Über den Autor
James C. Whorton is Professor of the History of Medicine in the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. An authority on the history of medicine and health, his books include Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in Modern Society; Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers; and Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I: The Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing
- 1: The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview
- 2: Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism
- 3: Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy
- 4: Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy
- 5: Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science
- Part II: The Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing
- 6: The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom
- 7: The Rule of Artery: Osteopathy
- 8: Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic
- 9: Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy
- Part III: The Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing
- 10: From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine
- 11: The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture
- 12: From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine
- Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century: The Age of Curapathy?
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeine Lexika |
| Genre: | Medizin |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195171624 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195171624 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Whorton, James C. |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 234 x 156 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | James C. Whorton |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,588 kg |
Über den Autor
James C. Whorton is Professor of the History of Medicine in the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. An authority on the history of medicine and health, his books include Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in Modern Society; Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers; and Before Silent Spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I: The Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing
- 1: The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview
- 2: Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism
- 3: Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy
- 4: Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy
- 5: Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science
- Part II: The Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing
- 6: The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom
- 7: The Rule of Artery: Osteopathy
- 8: Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic
- 9: Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy
- Part III: The Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing
- 10: From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine
- 11: The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture
- 12: From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine
- Conclusion: The Twenty-First Century: The Age of Curapathy?
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeine Lexika |
| Genre: | Medizin |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195171624 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195171624 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Whorton, James C. |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 234 x 156 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | James C. Whorton |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.2004 |
| Gewicht: | 0,588 kg |
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