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383 entries match Alternative & Fringe Medicine [G02.403.750 / M01]
1909
#2007
Ueber Diathermie. (Transthermie, Thermopenetration.)
Nagelschmidt employed high frequency currents in treatment after the suggestions of Tesla and the work of Nernst, claiming priority over the latter in the use of this method. Nagelschmidt named this form of treatment …
1909
#8797
Zulu medicine and medicine-men.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1909
#12411
Secret remedies, what they cost and what they contain. Based on analyses made for the British Medical Association.
This exposé of useless or dangerous drugs was followed in 1912 by More secret remedies. What they cost & what they contain. Based on analyses made for the British Medical Association. Digital facsimile of the 1909 wor…
1910
#6991
The chiropractor's adjuster: A textbook of the science, art, and philosophy of chiropractic for students and practitioners.
1910
#9402
Osteopathy: Research and practice.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1910
#12188
The faith that heals.
Perhaps Osler's most significant discussion of "faith" and faith healing. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link. The same journal issue also contains Clifford Albutt's "Reflections on faith healing," pp. 1…
1911
#6646
The king’s evil.
A classic account of the history of touching for the “king’s evil” or scrofula— a practice of kings from ancient times until the 18th century.
1911 –1936
#12412
Nostrums and quackery: Articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association. 3 vols.
Cramp was director of the AMA's Propaganda for Reform Department. "In 1911, Cramp published the first of three volumes called Nostrums and Quackery,[3] which would become "a veritable encyclopedia on the nostrum evil …
1913
#11155
Manuel d'ostéopathie pratique, théorie et procédés, par le Dr L. Moutin et G. A. Mann, d'après les ouvrages du Dr Andrew Taylor Still,... et du Dr Wilfred L. Riggs,... à l'usage des élèves de l'École d'ostéopathie.
The first French monograph on osteopathy.
1914
#6625
Astrology in medicine.
1914
#6990
The chiropractor.
Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link.
1915
#6857
The synoptic key.
Used as a reference work for the general practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile of the second edition (1916) from the Hathitrust at this link.
1915
#13851
Osteopathic mechanics: A text-book.
Digital facsimile from Hathi Trust at this link.
1919
#8871
Irish ethno-botany and the evolution of medicine in Ireland.
A discussion of Irish materia medica and a summary of the development of medicine in Ireland from the earliest times. Indices in Gaelic and English. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1920
#6539
Early English magic and medicine.
Reprinted from Proc. Brit. Acad., 1919-20, 9, 341-74.
1921
#12254
Organon der Heilkunst. 6th edition.
Hahnemann completed his work for the 6th edition in 1842, a year before his death. After Hahnemann’s death in 1843, his widow, Mélanie Hahnemann, had a hand-written copy made of Hahnemann’s volume and notes. In 1920, …
1922
#2047
An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis.
1922
#6863
Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
A standard work on the development of homeopathy and the life of Hahnemann. Digital facsimile of the 1922 German edition from the Hathitrust at this link. The work was translated into English as Samuel Hahnemann, His …
1922
#9249
Die Zauberkraft des Auges und das Berufen. Ein Kapitel der Geschichte der Aberglaubens.
1923
#3797
Greffes testiculaires
Voronoff first reported his controversial experimental rejuvenation by means of testicular transplants in 1919.
1923
#6456
The medicine man: A sociological study of the character and evolution of shamanism.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1923 –1958
#6422
A history of magic and experimental science. 8 vols.
Vols. 1-2 deal with the first 13 centuries of the Christian era; vols. 3-4 with the 14th and 15th centuries, vols. 5-6 with the 16th century, and vols. 7-8 with the 17th century.
1923
#9077
American homeopathy in the world war. Edited by Frederick M. Dearborn.
Reflective of the extent to which homeopathy remained in mainstream American medicine in the period immediately after World War I. Reproduces at the front of the book a letter from President Warren G. Harding congratu…
1924
#13374
Medicine, magic and religion. [Edited] with a preface by G. Elliot Smith.
Fitzpatrick Lectures 1915-16. Originally published in Lancet , 94, 59–65, 117–23.
1925
#6458
The healing gods of ancient civilizations.
1925
#13849
The medical follies: An analysis of the foibles of some healing cults: Including osteopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, and the electronic reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the antivivisectionists, health legislation, physical culture, birth control, and rejuvenation.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1926
#2345
Ueber Versuche, schwere Formen der Tuberkulose durch diätetische Behandlung zu beeinflussen.
Gerson introduced a salt-restricted diet in the treatment of tuberculosis; this was subsequently modified by Sauerbruch and Herrmannsdorfer, becoming known as the “Gerson–Sauerbruch–Hermannsdorfer diet”. The scientifi…
1927
#6459
The infancy of medicine. An enquiry into the influence of folk-lore upon the evolution of scientific medicine.
1927
#6626
Die magischen Heil- und Schutzmittel aus der unbelebten Natur.
1927
#6627
Amulette und Talismane und andere geheime Dingen.
1927
#13850
The new medical follies: An encyclopedia of cultism and quackery in these United States, with essays on the cult of beauty, the craze for reduction, rejuvenation, eclecticism, bread and dietary fads, physical therapy, and a forecast as to the physician of the future.
1928
#6643
The quacks of old London.
1928
#10639
Folklore of the teeth.
1930
#2009
Therapeutische Versuche im elektrischen Kurzwellenfeld.
Introduction of short-wave diathermy.
1930
#5977
Operative Behandlung von Netzhautabhebung mit Elektroendothermie und Trepanation; vorläufige Mitteilung.
Superficial diathermy treatment of retinal detachment. See also Arch Ophthal. (N.Y.), 1932, 7, 661-80.
1930
#6627.1
Amulets and superstitions: the original texts with translations and descriptions.
Reprinted, 1961.
1931
#7062
A modern herbal. The medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs & trees with their modern scientific uses. With an introduction by the editor, Mrs. C. F. Leyel. 2 vols.
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Online version at Botanical.com at this link.
1932 –1939
#2056.1
Geschichte der Homöopathie. 4 vols.
A comprehensive history, particularly for homeopathy in Germany. Includes extensive bibliographies.
1932
#6460
Medicine among the American Indians.
Reprinted, New York, Hafner, 1962.
1932
#6574
Lappische Heilkunde.
Folk medicine of the Sami people.
1934
#6628
Medicine and mysticism.
1935
#6461
The medicine-man of the American Indian and his cultural background.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
1935
#6462
Healing ritual: studies of the technique and tradition of the southern Slavs.
1935
#8616
Folk medicine of the Pennsylvania Germans: The non-occult cases.
1936
#6463
La médecine chez les peuples primitifs.
1937
#6464
Medicina aborigen americana.
1937
#6465
Heilkunde und Volkstum auf Bali.
1937
#10672
Religion and medicine of the Ga people.
1937
#13501
Médecine traditionnelle de l'Inde: La magie noire.
1938
#4962
Un nuovo metodo di shockterapia: “L’elettroshock”. (Riassunto.)
Introduction of electric convulsion therapy.