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Hlavní autor: Whorton, James C., 1942-
Korporativní autor: ebrary, Inc
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2002.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Preface
  • Part I The Nineteenth Century: Natural Healing
  • 1. The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview
  • 2. Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism
  • 3. Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy
  • 4. Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy
  • 5. Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science
  • Part II The Early Twentieth Century: Drugless Healing
  • 6. The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom
  • 7. The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathy
  • 8. Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic
  • 9. Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy
  • Part III The Late Twentieth Century: Holistic Healing
  • 10. From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine
  • 11. The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture
  • 12. From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine
  • Conclusion The Twenty-first Century: The Age of Curapathy?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index.