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A Profile in Alternative Medicine: The Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, 1835-1942
Professor John S Haller Jr
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Description for A Profile in Alternative Medicine: The Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, 1835-1942
Hardcover. A history of the Eclectic Medical Institute (EMI), and an account of the history of eclectic medicine, which competed with regular medicine in the 19th century. It recounts the feuds, successes, adversity and ultimate failure of this bastion of freedom in medical thought. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
The Eclectic Medical Institute, known by its friends as "Old EMI" (and "Old EMC" when reorganized in 1910), was an American institution in origin, concept, and practice. For nearly a century, EMI was known as the "Mecca of eclectic thinking" and the "Mother Institute" of reformed medicine. A Profile of Alternative Medicine recounts the history of eclectic medicine which, along with hydropathy, homeopathy, physiomedicalism, chiropractic, ad osteopathy, competed with regular medicine (allopathy) in the nineteenth century. Unlike most alternative medical colleges that closed without leaving significant documentation, EMI left complete student records, faculty files, deans' papers, financial records, and minutes ... Read more
The Eclectic Medical Institute, known by its friends as "Old EMI" (and "Old EMC" when reorganized in 1910), was an American institution in origin, concept, and practice. For nearly a century, EMI was known as the "Mecca of eclectic thinking" and the "Mother Institute" of reformed medicine. A Profile of Alternative Medicine recounts the history of eclectic medicine which, along with hydropathy, homeopathy, physiomedicalism, chiropractic, ad osteopathy, competed with regular medicine (allopathy) in the nineteenth century. Unlike most alternative medical colleges that closed without leaving significant documentation, EMI left complete student records, faculty files, deans' papers, financial records, and minutes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873386104
SKU
V9780873386104
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About Professor John S Haller Jr
JOHN S. HALLER Jr. is a professor of history and medical humanities at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and the author of several books, among them The History of American Homeopathy: The Academic Years, 1820-1935
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