Nature's path
Subtitle: a history of naturopathic healing in America
By: Susan E. Cayleff
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781421419039
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Naturopathy; Holistic medicine; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-384) and index.
Table of contents: title: Following nature's path and botanic healing; title: Spokes of a wheel : the healings systems of naturopathy; title: "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy; title: Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their yungborn sanatorium; title: Women, naturopathy, and power; title: Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients; title: Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination; title: Legal battles : democracy or autocracy?; title: Professionalizing and defining the nature cure; title: Deepening divides, 1945-1969; title: The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health.