The History of American Homeopathy - From Rational Medicine to Holistic Health Care

Informationen zum Autor JOHN S. HALLER JR. is a professor emeritus of history and medical humanities at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and the author of several books, among them The History of American Homeopathy: The Academic Years, 1820–1935. Klappentext Traces the rise of lay practitioners in shaping homeopathy as a healing system and its relationship to other forms of complementary and alternative medicine in an age when conventional biomedicine remains the dominant form. Representing the most current and up-to-date history of American homeopathy, readers will benefit from John S. Haller Jr.'s comprehensive explanation of complementary medicine within the American social, scientific, religious and philosophic traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Decline of Academic Homeopathy Chapter 2: Esoteric Homeopathy Chapter 3: The Laity Speaks Out Chapter 4: Postwar Trends Chapter 5: Roads Taken and Not Taken Chapter 6: Whither the Future? Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: John Haller, John S Haller, John S. Haller, John/ Flannery Haller
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9780813561585
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-6158-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine