Nature's path : a history of naturopathic healing in America /

Cayleff, Susan E., 1954-

Nature's path : a history of naturopathic healing in America / Susan E. Cayleff. - Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (x, 397 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Following nature's path and botanic healing -- Spokes of a wheel : the healings systems of naturopathy -- "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy -- Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their yungborn sanatorium -- Women, naturopathy, and power -- Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients -- Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination -- Legal battles : democracy or autocracy? -- Professionalizing and defining the nature cure -- Deepening divides, 1945-1969 -- The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health.



9781421419046


Naturopathy--History--United States--20th century.
Holistic medicine--History--United States--20th century.
Holistic Health--history--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Naturopathy--history--United States.


Electronic Books.

RZ440 / .N388 2016