Marketplace of the marvelous, the strange origins of modern medicine, Erika Janik
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Marketplace of the marvelous, the strange origins of modern medicine, Erika Janik
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-317) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Marketplace of the marvelous
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bibliography
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840477580
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Erika Janik
Sub title
the strange origins of modern medicine
Summary
"A history of botanical remedies, hypnotic suggestion, water cures, and other alternative medicine in nineteenth-century America"--Dust jacket
Table Of Contents
Medicine at the crossroads -- Every man his own physician : thomson's botanic medicine -- The only true science of the mind : phrenology -- Quenching thirst, healing pain : hydropathy -- Dilutions of health : homeopathy -- Hypnotized : mesmer and his mental magic -- Selling snake oil : patent medicine -- Manual medicine : osteopathy and chiropractic -- The fall and rise of alternative medicine
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