Before revision: "Disease Can Not Exist", October 1899 advertisement in the People's Home Journal for Weltmerism, a form of "magnetic healing" " Alternative medicine " beginning in the 1970s, to the collection of individual histories of members of that group, or to the history of western medical practices that were labeled "irregular practices" by the western medical establishment.Countercultural Healing: A brief History of Alternavie Medicine in America, James Whorton, PBS, Nov 4 2003, Nature Cures – The History of Alternative Medicine in America, James C. Whorton, Oxford University Press, 2002, The Rise and Rise of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: a Sociological Perspective, Ian D Coulter and Evan M Willis, Medical Journal of Australia, 2004; 180 (11): 587–89 It includes the histories of complementary medicine and of integrative medicine.
After revision: "Disease Can Not Exist", October 1899 advertisement in the People's Home Journal for Weltmerism, a form of "magnetic healing" " alternative medicineThe history of alternative medicine covers the history of a group of diverse medical practices that were collectively promoted as " beginning in the 1970s, to the collection of individual histories of members of that group, or to the history of western medical practices that were labeled "irregular practices" by the western medical establishment.Countercultural Healing: A brief History of Alternavie Medicine in America, James Whorton, PBS, Nov 4 2003, Nature Cures – The History of Alternative Medicine in America, James C. Whorton, Oxford University Press, 2002, The Rise and Rise of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: a Sociological Perspective, Ian D Coulter and Evan M Willis, Medical Journal of Australia, 2004; 180 (11): 587–89 It includes the histories of complementary medicine and of integrative medicine.