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Author:
Janik, Erika.
Title:
Marketplace of the marvelous : the strange origins of modern medicine / by Erika Janik.
Publisher:
Beacon Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
pages cm
Subject:
Alternative medicine--History.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--History.
Medicine--History.--History.
Medicine--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Medicine at the crossroads -- Every man his own physician : thomson's botanic medicine -- The only true science of the mind : phrenology -- Quenching thirst, healing pain : hydropathy -- Dilutions of health : homeopathy -- Hypnotized : mesmer and his mental magic -- Selling snake oil : patent medicine -- Manual medicine : osteopathy and chiropractic -- The fall and rise of alternative medicine.
ISBN:
080702208X (cloth)
9780807022085 (cloth) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)840477580
LCCN:
2013023296
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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