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It's Hardly New: Alternative Medicine 200 Years Ago
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It's Hardly New: Alternative Medicine 200 Years Ago
Why History of Medicine?
Alternative Medicine
German Medicine in the 18th Century
18th Century Medical World
Roles
Academic vs. Everyday Medicine
Everyday Life
Electors of the Holy Roman Empire
Duchy
Electors of the Holy Roman Empire
Hierarchy
One Cannot Ignore Nonphysician Practictioners
Case of Consumption, 1767
Definitions
Mary Lindemann on Pfuscher:
Medical Regulations of 1721 and 1747
Examples of Rules Against Quackery
Practice
Alternative Medicine
Especially True From a Patient's Point of View
In General, The Physician Enjoyed No Special Trust
Physicians
Physician vs. Healer
Popular Works of Medical Enlightenment
Who read such works?
How Was Disease Explained in 18th Century Germany?
A Question
Alternative
Roles
German University Structure
Wissenschaft
Alternative
Pre 1790
1790-1820
1790-1820
Defense of Traditional Academic Medicine
Post 1820
Branches
Author: Dr. Frederick Gregory, Ph.D.
Contact: Dr. Michael Okun / msokun@pol.net
Version: Produced by the Office of Medical Informatics
Copyright: 1999 by the University of Florida
Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/histmed/gregory/index.html
Created: March 15, 2000
Modified: March 22, 2000