Studies In The History Of Alternative Medicine

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Roger Cooter
Palgrave Macmillan UK, Nov 24, 1988 - Medical - 180 pages
A collection of essays focused largely on the 19th century when alternative medicine as opposed to orthodox medicine was not accepted as "professional". Historians in this book explore the dissent which arose in various local and national contexts.

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Quackery and the EighteenthCentury
1
Hydropathy in Matlock
28
Professional Organisation and the Development of Medical
46
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