02814nam 22006373u 450 991077874020332120230803014704.00-8093-8106-00-585-02966-0(CKB)111000211296880(EBL)1386820(OCoLC)858762742(SSID)ssj0000200555(PQKBManifestationID)11179024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200555(PQKBWorkID)10219760(PQKB)10980763(MiAaPQ)EBC1386820(EXLCZ)9911100021129688020131216d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical Protestants[electronic resource] The Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825-1939Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press20131 online resource (365 p.)Medical HumanitesDescription based upon print version of record.1-299-86192-X 0-8093-1894-6 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 CoverJohn 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 abilityMedical HumanitesMedicine, EclecticHistoryUnited StatesHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyEclecticism, HistoricalHistory of MedicineUnited StatesMedicine, EclecticHistoryHistory, 19th Century.History, 20th Century.Eclecticism, Historical.History of Medicine.615.5/3615.53Haller John S888849AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778740203321Medical Protestants3687681UNINA