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383 entries match Alternative & Fringe Medicine [G02.403.750 / M01]
1867
#1996.3
On the electrolytic treatment of tumors, and other surgical diseases.
Althaus introduced Duchenne’s methods into England. He was the first to employ electrolysis for medical purposes. Greatly expanded third edition, 1873.
1867
#3275
Die Anwendung der Galvanokaustik im Innern des Kehlkopfes und Schlundkopfes.
Voltolini was the first to use the galvanocautery in laryngeal surgery.
1867
#6862
The application of the principles and practice of homoeopathy to obstetrics, and the disorders peculiar to women and young children.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive at this link.
1870
#10567
The religious system of the Amazulu. Izinyanga zokubula; or, divination, as existing among the Amazulu, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes.
Callaway, a surgeon turned missionary and bishop of the Diocese of Natal, may have been the first to publish actual transcriptions of Zulu divination, including indigenous medical beliefs and practices, in their origi…
1871
#1996.4
A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity, including localized and general electrization.
Beard and Rockwell were the leading American electrotherapists of the 19th century. This is the most influential American treatise ever published on electrotherapy. It is of especial value today for its comprehensive …
1871
#172
Primitive culture: Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. 2 vols.
The standard work on primitive religion for many years. Tylor approached his subject from the point of view of psychology, exploring the nature of belief in spirits, omens, magic, etc. His work has important ties with…
1873
#11444
Cleave's Biographical cyclopaedia of homoeopathic physicians and surgeons.
The first biographical encyclopedia of American homeopathic physicians and surgeons. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1874 –1879
#6854
The encyclopedia of pure materia medica. A record of the positive of effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism. 10 vols.
With contributions by Richard Hughes of England; Constantine Hering of Philadelphia; Carroll Dunham of New York; Adolph Lippe of Philadelphia and others. This massive work is almost a complete record of all provings a…
1875
#6643.9
Science and health.
Includes an exposition of the system of faith healing that holds a significant place in Christian Science.
1879 –1891
#6866
The guiding symptoms of the materia medica. 10 vols.
Hering was called the “father of American homeopathy.” His 10-volume work is a record of confirmed symptoms that Hering and his colleagues observed over 50 years of practice.
1879
#8852
Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.
Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1879
#11626
Traité des corps étrangers en chirurgie. Voies naturelles pharynx et oesophage - estomac - intestin - rectum - voies respiratoire - organes génito-urinaires de l'homme et de la femme conduit auditif - fosses nasales - conduits glandulaires. Avec figures dans le texte, desinées par H. Dauphin.
A comprehensive treatise on an astounding variety of foreign bodies that surgeons had recorded removing from various and sometimes amazing parts of the body. Digital facsimile of the 1879 edition from Google Books at …
1880
#13279
Principles of electro-homoeopathy. A new science discovered by Count Cesar Mattei, of Bologna.
"Electrohomoeopathy (or Mattei cancer cure) is a derivative of homeopathy invented in the 19th century by Count Cesare Mattei. The name is derived from a combination of electro (referring to an electric bio-energy con…
1881
#11416
Nederlands Tijdschrift tegen de Kwakzalverij. Vol. 1- .
Founded in 1881, this Dutch organization is the oldest skeptical organization in the world investigating alternative medicine and quackery. It has published its periodical since 1881. The archive of the periodical may…
1883
#6452
Folk-medicine; a chapter in the history of culture.
Folk-Lore Society Publication No. 12. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1884
#6079
Sur la faradisation utérine double ou bipolaire.
Apostoli was the first to employ the double faradic current in the electrotherapy of uterine diseases.
1885 –1886
#11636
A system of medicine. Edited by William Pepper. 5 vols.
"The most comprehensive 19th century American work on medicine. Pepper assembled virtually all of the leading American physicians of the day, including D. Hayes Agnew, Roberts Bartholow, John Shaw Billings, William By…
1886
#12417
A system of hygienic medicine, or the only rational way of treating disease.
"In place of orthodox medicine, he [Allinson] promoted health through diet, exercise, fresh air and bathing. He advocated a vegetarian diet and the avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea. He especially promoted…
1887
#8716
American medicinal plants; an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homoeopathic remedies: Their history, preparation, chemistry and physiological effects. Illustrated by the author.
Plates printed by chromolithography. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1887
#9623
Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.
Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1887
#13259
Meine Wasser-Kur, durch mehr als 30 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur Heilung der Krankheiten und Erhaltung der Gesundheit.
Kneipp was a Bavarian priest and not a physician. He learned about hydrotherapy and other methods of treatment later called naturopathic during the time he suffered from tuberculosis. Digital facsimile of the 1889 10t…
1889
#5435
History and pathology of vaccination. 2 vols.
This very full history of the subject caused a good deal of controversy; see the review of it in Lancet, 1890, 1, 470-72. Crookshank was an opponent of vaccination.
1889
#8330
Marcelli De medicamentis liber. Edited Georgius Helmreich.
Marcellus's compendium of pharmacological preparations drawing on the work of multiple medical and scientific writers as well as folk remedies and magic. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1889
#9276
The folk-lore of plants.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1889
#12348
Jenner and vaccination: A strange chapter of medical history.
Creighton, one of the founders of epidemiology, disputed the germ theory of infectious disease, and became "one of the anti-vaccination movement's 'most ardent and distinguished spokesmen.' Creighton argued that vacci…
1892
#1999
Recherches d’électrothérapie: la voltaisation sinusoïdale.
Introduction of high-frequency currents in electrotherapy.
1892
#6452.1
The medicine-men of the Apache.
Bourke, a U.S. Army officer with experience on the American Indian frontier, was a pioneer student of native American medicine and anthropology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1892
#6764.1
Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.
Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.
1893
#6453
Die Medicin der Naturvölker. Ethnologische Beiträge zur Urgeschichte der Medicin.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1896
#10052
Kehrt zur Natur zurück! Die wahre naturgemäße Heil- und Lebensweise. Wasser, Licht, Luft, Erde, Früchte und wirkliches Christentum.
Translated into English from the 4th enlarged German edition and published by the translator, Benedict Lust as: Return to nature! The true natural method of healing and living and the true salvation of the soul. (New …
1896
#10793
Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived form an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day, abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed.
Digital facsimile of the 1900 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.
1897
#6719.1
The pioneers of homoeopathy.
Brief biographies of about 500 homepathic physicians from all countries who were practitioners prior to 1835. In the first part Bradford docmented the lives of those who assisted Hahnemann. Digital facsimile from the …
1897
#6867
Repertory of the homoeopathic materia medica.
1349 pp. In his Divided Legacy: the Bacteriological Era (1994) Harris Coulter commented, “The most remarkable contribution to Homoeopathic practice since the death of Constantine Hering (1880) was the Repertory of J. …
1897
#6954
Autobiography of Andrew T. Still, with a history of the discovery and development of the science of osteopathy. Together with an account of the founding of the . . . . . American School of Osteopathy; and lectures delivered before that institution from time to time during the progress of the discovery.
Still founded osteopathy, and opened the first school of osteopathy, now A.T. Still University, in 1892. He was also an early promoter of preventive medicine and the philosophy that physicians should focus on treating…
1897
#11127
La foi qui guérit.
As one of his last works Charcot published this 38-page pamphlet on faith healing.
1898
#2039
Die Heilpflanzen der verschiedenen Volker und Zeiten.
1898
#13222
History of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania; The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
Now Drexel University College of Medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1899
#9273
Animal and plant lore collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk. Edited and annotated by Fanny D. Bergen.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1899
#9403
Philosophy of osteopathy.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1900
#6881
The logic of figures, or comparative results of homoeopathic and other treatments.
A comparison of mortality rates in institutions and private practice between homeopathic and other modes of treatment. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive at this link.
1902
#9404
The philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1903
#6624
Der Aberglauben in der Medicin.
English translation, 1905.
1903
#6640
Das Kurpfuschertum. Eine medizin-geschichtliche Studie.
History of quackery in medicine.
1905
#6641
Die Kurierfreiheit und das Recht auf den eigenen Körper. Ein geschichtlicher Beitrag zum Kampf gegen das Kurpfuschertum.
1905
#6868
History of homoeopathy and its institutions in America: Their founders, benefactors, faculties, officers, hospitals, alumni, etc., with a record of achievement of its representatives in the world of medicine .... 4 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1905
#6968
History of osteopathy, and twentieth-century medical practice.
Revised & enlarged second edition Cincinnati: Printed for the Author, the Caxton Press, 1924. Digital facsimile of the first edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Digital facsimile of the second edition from…
1906
#6989
The science of chiropractic. Its principles and adjustments by Dr. D. D. Palmer, discoverer and developer of chiropractic, and B. J. Palmer, D. C.
D. D. Palmer founded chiropractic; his son B. J. developed the practice. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1907 –1910
#11290
Modern medicine, its theory and practice. In original contributions by American and foreign authors. Edited by William Osler, assisted by Thomas McCrae. 7 vols.
Osler contributed six chapters to this massive system of medicine: "The Evolution of Internal Medicine", "Diseases of the Arteries," "Aneurism," "Raynaud's Disease," "Diffuse Scleroderma," "Angioneurotic Oedema." Osle…
1908
#2044
Die volkmedizinische Organotherapie und ihr Verhältnis zum Kultopfer.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1908 –1909
#6455
Vergleichende Volksmedizin. Eine Darstellung volksmedizinischer Sitten und Gebräuche, Anschauungen und Heilfaktoren, des Aberglaubens und der Zaubermedizin. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.