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Janik, Erika.
Subjects
Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- History.
Phrenology -- History.
Hydrotherapy -- History.
Mesmerism -- History.
Hypnotism -- History.
Patent medicines -- History.
Osteopathic medicine -- History.
Chiropractic -- History.
Medicine -- Specialties and specialists -- History.
Medicine -- History -- 19th century.
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Janik, Erika.
Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- History.
Phrenology -- History.
Hydrotherapy -- History.
Mesmerism -- History.
Hypnotism -- History.
Patent medicines -- History.
Osteopathic medicine -- History.
Chiropractic -- History.
Medicine -- Specialties and specialists -- History.
Medicine -- History -- 19th century.
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Marketplace of the marvelous : the strange origins of modern medicine / Erika Janik.
by
Janik, Erika.
Beacon Press, c2014.
Call #:
615.5 J33m
Subjects
Herbs
--
Therapeutic use
--
History
.
Phrenology
--
History
.
Hydrotherapy
--
History
.
Mesmerism
--
History
.
Hypnotism
--
History
.
Patent medicines
--
History
.
Osteopathic medicine
--
History
.
Chiropractic
--
History
.
Medicine
--
Specialties and specialists
--
History
.
Medicine
--
History
--
19th century.
ISBN:
9780807022085 (hc.)
080702208X (hc.)
Alternate title:
Market place of the marvelous : the strange origins of modern medicine
Description:
337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary:
Janik tells the colorful stories of "quacks," whose shams, foils, or genuine wish to heal helped shape and influence modern medicine.
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