LEADER 02826nam 22006493u 450 001 9910962937303321 005 20240401173521.0 010 $a0-8093-8106-0 010 $a0-585-02966-0 035 $a(CKB)111000211296880 035 $a(EBL)1386820 035 $a(OCoLC)858762742 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200555 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179024 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200555 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10219760 035 $a(PQKB)10980763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1386820 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211296880 100 $a20131216d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMedical Protestants $eThe Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825-1939 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (365 p.) 225 1 $aMedical Humanites 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-299-86192-X 311 08$a0-8093-1894-6 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aJohn S. Haller, Jr., provides the first modern history of the Eclectic school of American sectarian medicine. The Eclectic school (sometimes called the ""American School"") flourished in the mid-nineteenth century when the art and science of medicine was undergoing a profound crisis of faith. At the heart of the crisis was a disillusionment with the traditional therapeutics of the day and an intense questioning of the principles and philosophy upon which medicine had been built. Many American physicians and their patients felt that medicine had lost the ability 410 0$aMedical Humanites 606 $aMedicine, Eclectic$xHistory$zUnited States 606 $aHistory, 19th Century 606 $aHistory, 20th Century 606 $aEclecticism, Historical 606 $aHistory of Medicine 607 $aUnited States 615 0$aMedicine, Eclectic$xHistory 615 2$aHistory, 19th Century. 615 2$aHistory, 20th Century. 615 2$aEclecticism, Historical. 615 2$aHistory of Medicine. 676 $a615.5/3 676 $a615.53 700 $aHaller$b John S.$cJr.,$f1940-$0888849 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962937303321 996 $aMedical Protestants$94429708 997 $aUNINA