A Century of Homeopaths Their Influence on Medicine and Health

As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence.  Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach.  However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlook...

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Main Author: Davidson, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction.- 2. Samuel Hahnemann: The Founder of Homeopathy -- 3. The Trail Blazing Women of Homeopathy --  4. Surgeons in the Homeopathic Community -- 5. Anesthesiology as a New Discipline: Leadership from Homeopathy -- 6. Cardiology: Hering, Boyd and Others -- 7. Psychiatry and its Homeopathic Hall of Fame -- 8. Infectious Disease: Conrad Wesselhoeft -- 9. Allergic Diseases: Blackley and Selfridge -- 10. Politics, Public Health and Presidential Care -- 11. Bioethics and the Influence of Otto Guttentag -- 12. Low Dose vs. No Dose Pharmacology: The Great Schism -- 13. A Miscellany: Pediatrics, Oncology, Radiology, Gerontology, Massage, Physical Education, Chemistry -- 14. Homeopathic Villains: From Bogus Licenses to Mass Murder -- 15. The Modern Evidence and Conclusions 
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520 |a As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence.  Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach.  However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked.   A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to medical progress since 1840.  The accomplishments of over 100 homeopaths form the organizing structure of the book - many of whom have been lost to history.  The text describes the ways in which homeopaths have influenced medical practice, research and public health, as well as the seminal effect of homeopaths in the emergence of today's medical specialties and in social reform, thus providing insights to healthcare professionals, researchers, students and medical historians