Whorton, James C.,  1942- <br/><br/>
Nature cures :  the history of alternative medicine in America / 
James C. Whorton. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2002. 
 - xv, 368 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Notes: p. 311-359.  Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>PT. I. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: NATURAL HEALING: 1. The Hippocratic Heresy: Alternative Medicine's Worldview -- 2. Every Man His Own Physician: Thomsonianism -- 3. Dilutions of Grandeur: Homeopathy -- 4. Physical Puritanism: Hygeiotherapy -- 5. Magnetism and Mind: From Mesmerism to Christian Science.  PT. II. THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY: DRUGLESS HEALING: 6. The Licensing Question: The Campaign for Medical Freedom -- 7. The Rule of the Artery: Osteopathy -- 8. Innate Intelligence: Chiropractic -- 9. Therapeutic Universalism: Naturopathy.  PT. III. THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY: HOLISTIC HEALING: 10. From Medical Cultism to Alternative Medicine -- 11. The Holistic Health Explosion: Acupuncture -- 12. From Alternative Medicine to Complementary Medicine.  CONCLUSION: The Twenty-first Century: The Age of Curapathy? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195140710 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002022023 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alternative medicine--History.--United States<br/>Alternative medicine--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R733  / .W495 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.5/0973