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Kindly Medicine Physio-Medicalism in America, 1836-1911

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	S, Haller Jr, John
Titel:	Kindly Medicine Physio-Medicalism in America, 1836-1911
Uitgever:	Kent State University Press
ISBN:	9780873385770
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 43,20
Verschijningsdatum:	08-12-1997
Bericht:	Leverbaar

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Public health & preventive medicine
Geogr.gebied:	USA
Periode:	c 1800 to c 1900
Geillustreerd:	6 halftones, 8 line drawings, notes, bibliography, index
Dewey code:	610.97309034

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	224
Hoogte mm.:	162
Breedte mm.:	235
Dikte mm.:	22
Gewicht gr.:	492

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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.