Medical Protestants [[electronic resource] ] : The Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825-1939

• Autore: Haller John S
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.5/3; 615.53
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Eclectic - History - United States; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Eclecticism, Historical; History of Medicine
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Medical Protestants
• ISBN: 0-8093-8106-0; 0-585-02966-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456355503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medical Humanites