The history of American homeopathy : from rational medicine to holistic health care / John S. Haller Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haller, John S., Jr., 1940-

Contributor:

Flannery, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeopathy--United States--History--19th century.

Homeopathy.

Homeopathy--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although scorned in the early 1900's and publicly condemned by Abraham Flexner and the American Medical Association, the practice of homeopathy did not disappear. Instead, it evolved with the emergence of holistic healing and Eastern philosophy in the United States and today is a form of alternative medicine practiced by more than 100,000 physicians worldwide and used by millions of people to treat everyday ailments as well as acute and chronic diseases. The History of American Homeopathy traces the rise of lay practitioners in shaping homeopathy as a healing system and its relationship to other forms of complementary and alternative medicine in an age when conventional biomedicine remains the dominant form. Representing the most current and up-to-date history of American homeopathy, readers will benefit from John S. Haller Jr.'s comprehensive explanation of complementary medicine within the American social, scientific, religious, and philosophic traditions.

Contents:

The decline of academic homeopathy

Esoteric homeopathy

The laity speaks out

Postwar trends

Roads taken and not taken

Whither the future?

Notes:

Continues: The history of American homeopathy : the academic years, 1820-1935 / John S. Haller Jr. c2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).

ISBN:

0-8135-5118-8

OCLC:

794701261