The accompanying volume to the classic text The History of American
Homeopathy: The Academic Years, 1820-1935 The classic text "The
History of American Homeopathy: The Academic Years, 1820-1935
"explored the very roots of homeopathy in America. The History of
American Homeopathy: Rise of the Laity is the second volume from
respected historical expert on alternative medicines, Dr. John
Haller. This new text provides the most up-to-date history on the
subject, from the ascendancy of the laity within American
homeopathy following the decline of its academically-trained
physicians and the closing of its many colleges, hospitals,
clinics, and societies to current times. The book explains American
homeopathic practice within the American social, scientific,
religious, and philosophic traditions, the historical disconnect
between its highly subjective and unconventional therapeutic
practices and the rigors of scientific medicine, and how it
differed from its trans-Atlantic cousins. Unlike its European
counterpart, American homeopathy advocated a more spiritual or
metaphysical view of healing. The History of American Homeopathy:
Rise of the Laity closely examines how this move away from
reductionist science prevented it from being accepted within
mainstream medicine. The book The book explains homeopathy's
governing principles and its envisioning of the body's health as
not only attuned to a higher reality but sustained through
interaction between the material and spiritual dimensions of life.
This book chronicles the expansion of homeopathy from the late 19th
century into the present day, explaining how and why homeopathy
moved from its academic foundations to that of a faith-based system
controlled by lay healers. Topics discussed in The History of
American Homeopathy: Rise of the Laity include: factors
contributing to the rise of the laity American homeopathy's
connection between physical healing and higher spiritual planes
homeopathy's move away from reductionist science the concepts of
"belief," "thought," "emotion," and "spiritual force," and their
place in homeopathy how homeopathy is a radically different system
of healing and holds a radically different view of the world
homeopathy's holistic view of the individual and the recognition of
the role of consciousness in mediating the individual's interaction
with the environment "and much more!" The History of American
Homeopathy: Rise of the Laity is an informative, insightful
historical exploration that is valuable for medical historians,
history students, homeopaths, alternative medical organizations,
holistic healing societies, homeopathic study groups, homeopathic
seminars and courses, and anyone interested in history and
homeopathy.
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