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The history of American homeopathy : from rational medicine to holistic health care /

Although scorned in the early 1900s and publicly condemned by Abraham Flexner and the American Medical Association, the practice of homeopathy did not disappear. Instead, it evolved with the emergence of holistic healing and Eastern philosophy in the United States and today is a form of alternative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haller, John S., Jr., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
©2009
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Although scorned in the early 1900s and publicly condemned by Abraham Flexner and the American Medical Association, the practice of homeopathy did not disappear. Instead, it evolved with the emergence of holistic healing and Eastern philosophy in the United States and today is a form of alternative medicine practiced by more than 100,000 physicians worldwide and used by millions of people to treat everyday ailments as well as acute and chronic diseases. The History of American Homeopathy traces the rise of lay practitioners in shaping homeopathy as a healing system and its relati.
Notas:OldControl:muse9780813551180.
Continues: The history of American homeopathy : the academic years, 1820-1935 / John S. Haller Jr. c2005.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781461944232
1461944236
9780813551180
0813551188