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Alternative Healing in American History - An Encyclopedia from Acupuncture to Yoga (Hardcover)
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Alternative Healing in American History - An Encyclopedia from Acupuncture to Yoga (Hardcover)
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This book examines alternative healing practices in American
popular culture. From traditional folk approaches to more recent
developments, it discusses the rise and fall of more than 100
popular approaches to addressing both physical ailments and mental
health needs. Offering insightful accounts of everything from aging
prevention to voodoo & Santería, Alternative Healing in
American History: An Encyclopedia from Acupuncture to Yoga situates
each popular approach in the history and culture of health and
wellness in America. Moreover, the book shows that "orthodox"
medicine and unconventional approaches may have more in common than
many people think, because both are subject to the changing nature
of the medical understanding and the strength of their appeal to
consumers. While the main focus is on remedies lying outside the
medical mainstream, the book also highlights how many widely
accepted therapeutic treatments of the past—for example, "the
water cure" (hydrotherapy) or lobotomy (psychosurgery)—fell out
of favor and were quickly forgotten. Besides examining popular
healing techniques, the book also explores the changing nature of
the medical marketplace and how once-standard treatments (e.g.,
leeching, psychoanalysis) have had their ups and downs. The book
comprises five chronological sections covering time periods from
pre-1900 to the present.
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