Pseudo-science and society in 19th-century America /

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"Progressive nineteenth-century Americans believed firmly that human perfection could be achieved with the aid of modern science. To many, the science of that turbulent age appeared to offer bright new answers to life's age-old questions. Such a climate, not surprisingly, fostered the grow...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wrobel, Arthur, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Temas:
1800-1899
Pseudoscience > United States > History > 19th century.
Alternative medicine > United States > History > 19th century.
Quacks and quackery > United States > History > 19th century.
Parasciences > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecines parallèles > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Pseudoscience
Alternative medicine
Manners and customs
Quacks and quackery
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Arthur Wrobel-- Robert H. Collyer's Technology of the Soul / Taylor Stoehr-- "Nervous Disease" and Electric Medicine / John L. Greenway-- Hydropathy, or the Water-Cure / Marshall Scott Legan-- Andrew Jackson Davis and Spiritualism / Robert W. Delp-- Phrenology as Political Science / Arthur Wrobel-- Sexuality and the Pseudo-Sciences / Harold Aspiz-- Washington Irving and Homoeopathy / George Hendrick-- Sculpture and the Expressive Mechanism / Charles Thomas Walters-- Mesmerism and the Birth of Psychology / Robert C. Fuller-- Afterword / Arthur Wrobel.

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