Kindly medicine: physio-medicalism in america, 1836-1911
Auteur :
S, Haller Jr, John
Éditeur :
Kent State University Press
ISBN :
9780873385770
Date de publication :
8 déc. 1997
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,9 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
488 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A history of this high-brow school of medicine, Physio-Medicalism. They promoted the belief that the body has a "vital force" that can be used to heal and substituted botanical medicines for allopathy's mineral drugs. The author traces their establishment and their descent into obscurity.