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Nature's path : a history of naturopathic healing in America
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"In Nature's Path- the first comprehensive book to examine the complex history and culture of American naturopathy- Susan E. Cayleff tells the fascinating story of the movement's nineteenth-century...
"In Nature's Path- the first comprehensive book to examine the complex history and culture of American naturopathy- Susan E. Cayleff tells the fascinating story of the movement's nineteenth-century roots."--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Susan E. Cayleff
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 397 pages)
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- ISBNs
- 9781421419046, 9781421419039, 1421419033, 1421419041
- OCLC
- ocn944187444, ocn908993132
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Following nature's path and botanic healing -- Spokes of a wheel : the healings systems of naturopathy -- "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy -- Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their yungborn sanatorium -- Women, naturopathy, and power -- Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients -- Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination -- Legal battles : democracy or autocracy? -- Professionalizing and defining the nature cure -- Deepening divides, 1945-1969 -- The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health
Subjects
- Naturopathy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Holistic medicine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Naturopathy -- history -- United States.
Medical Subject Heading
- History, 20th Century -- United States.
Medical Subject Heading
- Holistic Health -- history -- United States.
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