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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962937303321

Autore

Haller John S., Jr., <1940->

Titolo

Medical Protestants : The Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825-1939

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8093-8106-0

0-585-02966-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Collana

Medical Humanites

Disciplina

615.5/3

615.53

Soggetti

Medicine, Eclectic - History - United States

History, 19th Century

History, 20th Century

Eclecticism, Historical

History of Medicine

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Landscape; 2. Every Man His Own Physician; 3. Reformed Medicine, 1825-1856; 4. Buchanan's Feuds and Fads; Gallery of Illustrations; 5. Consolidation, 1856-1875; 6. Eclectic Materia Medica; 7. Challenges, 1875-1910; 8. Malaise, 1910-1939; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Author Biography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

John S. Haller, Jr., provides the first modern history of the Eclectic school of American sectarian medicine.  The Eclectic school (sometimes called the ""American School"") flourished in the mid-nineteenth century when the art and science of medicine was undergoing a profound crisis of faith. At the heart of the crisis was a disillusionment with the traditional therapeutics of the day and an intense questioning of the principles and philosophy upon which medicine had been built. Many American physicians and their patients felt that medicine had lost the ability