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Nature's Path : A History of Naturopathic Healing in America /

"In Nature's Path- the first comprehensive book to examine the complex history and culture of American naturopathy- Susan E. Cayleff tells the fascinating story of the movement's nineteenth-century roots."--Jacket

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cayleff, Susan E., 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Following nature's path and botanic healing
  • Spokes of a wheel : the healings systems of naturopathy
  • "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy
  • Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their yungborn sanatorium
  • Women, naturopathy, and power
  • Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients
  • Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination
  • Legal battles : democracy or autocracy?
  • Professionalizing and defining the nature cure
  • Deepening divides, 1945-1969
  • The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health.