Medical Protestants : The Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825-1939

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haller, John S., Jr., 1940-

Series:

Medical Humanites

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Eclectic--History--United States.

Medicine, Eclectic.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Eclecticism, Historical.

History of Medicine.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Eclecticism, Historical.

History of Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8093-8106-0

0-585-02966-0

OCLC:

858762742