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Author:

Whorton, James C., 1942-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xv, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Alternative medicine--United States--History.
Alternative medicine--United States--History--20th century.
Complementary Therapies--history--United States.
History of Medicine, 19th Cent.--United States.
History of Medicine, 20th Cent.--United States.

Notes:

Notes: p. 311-359. Includes indexes.

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.

ISBN:

9780195140712
0195140710

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48957866
(OCoLC)51683820

LCCN:

2002022023

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

LVOX826 -- Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)