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Kindly medicine : physio-medicalism in America, 1836-1911 / John S. Haller, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haller, John S., Jr., 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Physiomedical--United States--History--19th century.
- Medicine, Physiomedical.
- History, 19th Century.
- History.
- United States.
- Philosophy, Medical--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- History, 19th Century.
- United States.
- Philosophy, Medical--history.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Between 1836 and 1911, thirteen physio-medical colleges opened, and then closed, their doors. These authentic American schools, founded on a philosophy of so-called Physio-Medicalism, substituted botanical medicines for allopathy's mineral drugs and promoted the belief that the human body has an inherent "vital force" that can be used to heal. In Kindly Medicine, John Hallet offers the first complete history of this high-brow branch of botanical medicine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0873385772
- OCLC:
- 36598172
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