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1901 History of Medicine that Spans the Course of Human Civilization
1901175671901. Wilder Alexander. A Brief Outline of Medical History and Sects of Physicians from the Earliest Historic Period; with an Extended Account of the New Schools of the Healing Art in the Nineteenth Century and Especially a History of the American Eclectic Practice of Medicine. New Sharon: New England Eclectic Publishing Co. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. 946 pages. This work of medical history starts its journey in antiquity in Greece Egypt India and elsewhere. It soon advances however to the Early Modern period 17th century and onwards and focuses especially on the medical innovations of the 19th century and medicine in the American context. The book grapples seriously with Eclectic medicine which was was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. It closes by discussing "medical freedom" medical institutions and legislation that affected the field of medicine in the United States. Some chipping on front cover and spotting on foreedge but interior is clean and bright Overall in very good condition. unknown
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