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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: History of Medicine
		How diligently medicine was studied in the monasteries is shown by the numerous manuscripts (many still unedited) in the old cathedral libraries and by those which were taken from the suppressed monasteries and are now to be found in the national libraries of various countries.
		Medicine, he says is a practical art and, therefore, may not be treated according to the same methods for the investigation of truth as philosophy.
		The scientific endeavours for the reform of medicine are characterized by the activity of the translators, by the critical treatment and explanation of old authors, and by independent investigation especially in the field of botany.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10122a.htm (17358 words)

	History of alternative medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		History of alternative medicine is a record of historical events that took place over many thousands of years throughout the history of mankind that can be related to the many different branches of alternative medicine.
		Traditional Chinese medicine has more than 5,000 years of history as a system of medicine that is based on a philosophical concept of balance (yin and yang, Qi, Blood, Jing, Bodily fluids, the Five Elements, the emotions, and the spirit) approach to health that is rooted in Taoist philosophy and Chinese culture.
		Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine has more than 6,000 years of history as a system of medicine based on a holistic approach to health that is rooted in Vedic culture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_alternative_medicine (997 words)

	About Herbology - Traditions in Western Herbal Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Another distinguishing feature of folk medicine, regardless of its historical or ethnic origin, is that the indications for the use of individual remedies are always given in terms which refer to specific symptoms or illnesses.
		Eclecticism: The earliest of these was 'Eclecticism', founded by a man who had originally apprenticed to an old German non-Thompsonian herbalist, and who later qualified as a 'regular' medical doctor.
		Felter, H.W. The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Scudder, Cincinnati, 1922.
	www.viable-herbal.com /herbology/herbs34.htm (3127 words)

	What is Eclecticism?
		As taught and practiced by the Eclectic school at this time, is a great advance and improvement over their practice of fifty years ago, and is as much ahead of the old school now as it was then.
		Thus guided in the selection of his remedies, the Eclectic is not obliged to resort to the disgusting "shot-gun" practice of the old-school doctor, in combining six to a dozen nauseous drugs in one prescription, but rather applies his remedies singly or in simple combination direct to the diseased part.
		The remaining portion buy Eclectic literature, patronize Eclectic chemists, and give their remedies in appreciable doses, studying the relationship of drug action to diseased conditions, and with the exception of name and the minor detail of theory as to "the why" of curative action of medicines, are, to all intents and purposes, Eclectic physicians.
	www.planetherbs.com /articles/eclectics.html (5522 words)

	AllRefer.com - eclecticism, in philosophy (Philosophy, Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		Eclecticism differs from syncretism, which tries to combine various systems while resolving conflicts.
		Eclecticism among Renaissance humanists, who drew from Christian and classical doctrines, was followed by a 19th-century revival, particularly with French philosopher Victor Cousin, who coined the term and applied it to his own system.
		Eclectics are frequently charged with being inconsistent, and the term is sometimes used pejoratively.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/eclctc-phi.html (211 words)

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		Eclecticism: The earliest of these was 'Eclecticism', founded by a man who had originally apprenticed to an old German non-Thomsonian herbalist, and who later qualified as a 'regular' medical doctor.
		* Felter, H.W. The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Scudder, Cincinnati, 1922.
		Ayurvedic medicine began to be studied by Arab physicians and knowledge of the plants of India was passed on to the Greeks and Romans.
	www.jammed.com /usenet/faq/medicinal-herbs/part6 (10624 words)

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		Rafinesque coined the word "eclectic" to refer to those physicians who adopted in practice whatever was found to be beneficial to their patients.
		The Eclectic Medical Institute was formed in the 1830s as an alternative to the conventional medicine of the time.
		Eclectic medicine is also still practiced, but mainly by medical herbalists rather than physicians.
	www.cancersalves.com /introduction/history.html (490 words)

	Herbs: A look at its cultural aspects
		Eclecticism is credited with being the source of many modern herbal remedies for fever.
		In the West, where herbal medicine seems more of a fad leftover from the health craze of the 1980's, it is difficult for us to imagine this dependency.
		Education and alternatives to/cultivation of herbal medicines might also be possibilities to lessen cultural threats to endangered herbal medicines.
	darwin.bio.uci.edu /~sustain/issueguides/herbs/cultural.html (673 words)

	H-Net Review: Gretchen A. Adams on Kindly Medicine: Physio-Medicalism in America, 1836-1911
		While lay-persons enthusiastically pursued their own idiosyncratic practices with a mixture of plant derivatives and folk practices, it was not until eclecticism and Thomsonism emerged with energetic proponents in Wooster Beach and Samuel Thomson (respectively) that a systematic and theoretical botanics based approach was pursued.
		Eclecticism's botanic approach with liberal adaptation of whatever method or medicine seemed useful proved to be a magnet for those who increasingly found physio's philosophy too narrow.
		The last of the colleges was absorbed by an eclectic school in 1911 and that in turn was purchase by Loyola University in 1917.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=27030924088992 (1926 words)

	Thomas' Eclectic Practice of Medicine, 1907: Preface. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Eclecticism has won its way into the homes of many thousands, since Wooster Beach and the "Fathers" taught a more successful way of treating the sick.
		We have faith in the Eclectic Practice, and the desire on the part of the students of our colleges to use a Practice more.
		modern than the older Eclectic works on Medicine, one that is up-to-date in etiology, pathology, description, diagnosis, and treatment, is responsible for the publication of this work.
	www.ibiblio.org /herbmed/eclectic/thomas/preface.html (215 words)

	Vitamin Lawyer, Ralph Fucetola, Practice of Nutrition Not Practice of Medicine
		The scope of the practice of medicine is defined in the Board's Regulations and in the Course of Study, as shown in the Catalogue, that the State Medical University provides.
		By analogy, one doctor may use medicine to treat heart problems while another might chose to perform a by-pass and a third to perform angioplasty, yet all three may be applying the requisite degree of skill and learning.
		All the state has done has been to enact that, when one wished to practice medicine or surgery, he must, as a protection to the public [not to the doctor], be examined and licensed by those skilled in surgery and medicine.
	home.earthlink.net /~lifespirit23/rfaltheal.htm (4355 words)

	ACSH > Health Issues >
		Older names for ACH include "holistic health," "holistic health care," and "holistic medicine." The defining principle of holistic health—that to neglect the social and behavioral sciences in the medical and nursing management of patients ("patient care") was to fall short of scientific standards—began to recede when proponents of nonstandard medicine commandeered the expression.
		Of the very few characteristics the members of this group have in common, the paramount characteristic from a consumerist standpoint is that scientific evidence of significant therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive-medicine utility is lacking or absent.
		A measure of acting imaginatively is permissible, and often desirable, in clinical medicine: For example, in patient care physicians may use pharmaceuticals in an off-label fashion (i.e., use drugs against conditions besides those for which the FDA has approved them).
	www.acsh.org /healthissues/newsID.679/healthissue_detail.asp (2828 words)

	The Herbal Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		From early Greek philosophy, he based his understanding of medicine on natural laws in which the course of disease was seen to exhibit a discernible pattern as opposed to being divinely inflicted.
		Changing centuries, new ideas that the Eclectics were reluctant to embrace, the onslaught of the American Medical Association and foundation money (Rockefeller and Carnegie, the Flexnor Report), and the deaths of many Eclectic giants (Scudder, King, A.J. Howe), led to the gradual decline and eventual disappearance of Eclectic Medicine.
		In Tibetan medicine, for instance, we see an obvious blend of Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine, with the use of herbs, the principles of Five Elements, the Three Humours, acupuncture and moxibustion, all characteristic of Traditional Chinese Medicine and found to a varying extent in Ayurveda.
	www.planetherbs.com /articles/HerbHist.html#EGYPTIAN (15589 words)

	Naturecures Naturopathic Health Care - Edmonton, Naturopath, Dr. Victor Chan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The principles of Naturopathic Medicine stem from the traditional healing wisdom of "eclecticism" and "nature cure".
		The therapeutic use of plants is another cornerstone of Naturopathic Medicine.
		Widely recognized in Western society as an effective treatment for pain, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used for thousands of years in China and other countries as a complete holistic approach to regulating the flow of Qi energy and restoring health.
	www.naturecures.ca /nc-services.html (335 words)

	MedHist: UK's gateway to resources for the history of medicine
		The National Eclectic Medical Association was founded in 1848 with the aims of researching into and promoting the use of herbal medicines.
		Fyfe was a New York based physician and associated with the Eclectics, proponents of the use of herbal medicine in the United States in the 18th and early 19th century.
		Written by the director of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, a body involved in the teaching of herbal medicine, the introduction and overview of Petersen's life and work that precedes the text is somewhat uncritical.
	medhist.ac.uk /text/browse/mesh/D027681.html (2084 words)

	Complementary Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The Alternative Medicine Foundation is a nonprofit organization, founded in March 1998 to provide responsible and reliable information about alternative medicine to the public and health professionals.
		Bandolier is a print and Internet journal about health care, using evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers.
		The Congressional mandate establishing the NCCAM in 1998 stated that the Center's purpose is to "facilitate the evaluation of alternative medical treatment modalities" to determine their effectiveness.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /guide/med/pubhealth/comp.html (881 words)

	Medicinal herbFAQ (v.1.30) Part 6/7
		Subject: Medicinal herbFAQ (v.1.30) Part 6/7 Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 08:09:55 GMT From: HeK@hetta.pp.fi (Henriette Kress) Reply-To: To: HeK@hetta.pp.fi Organization:...ei meill' oo...
		Clear examples of the fluidity of prescribing in accord with changes in symptom patterns may be found in the Chinese classic, 'Shang Han Lun' (Hsu & Peacher, 1981).
		(avena@aloha.net) Traditional Chinese Medicine is a phrase used to describe a complex system of medicine developed in China that has now spread around the world in its various forms.
	omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a3057.html (7367 words)

	Amazon.com: The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification: Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		In resuscitating western herbal medicine and bringing it up to date, he gives his readers a powerful tool for holistic theory and treatment.
		Wood makes the point that plant medicines, because they are made from a broad range of chemical components, are naturally suited for the treatment of general patterns in the body.
		Constituents of Medicinal Plants: An introduction to the chemistry and therapeutics of herbal medicine by Kerry Bone
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1556435037?v=glance (869 words)

	Siraisi, N.G.: The Clock and the Mirror: Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine.
		His copious writings on medicine reflect both the complexity and diversity of the Renaissance medical world and the breadth of his own interests.
		Cardano's philosophical eclecticism, beliefs about occult forces in nature, theories about dreams, and free transitions between academic and popularizing scientific writing also contributed to his medicine.
		Her story of Cardano's role in the history of medicine bridges the history of the body, Renaissance occultism, and the emerging science of experimental philosophy and probabilistic knowledge.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /titles/6054.html (419 words)

	MEDICAL QUACKERY: GOVERNMENT POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES ~ by Prof. Ken Schoolland
		Eclecticism was developed by Samuel Thompson in 1813 as a system of medicine which relied on botanical remedies, steam baths, and rest.
		Thompson sharply criticized the heroic therapies as “instruments of death.” His approach was to introduce a measure of common sense to health care that could be easily understood and broadly applied by the public.
		According to Hamowy, among those forbidden to heal for pay were not only the eclectics and homeopaths but also numerous Christian Scientists and healers by prayer, mental healers, osteopaths, chiropractors, vitapathic healers, neuropaths, naturopaths, and those who heal by the laying on of hands.
	www.butterbach.net /ken/MEDICAL_QUACKERY.htm (2880 words)

	Medicinal herbFAQ (v.1.37g) Part 6/7
		This entry was much longer - but this is the medicinal herbFAQ, so for the full entry go to my www / ftp sites: http://ibiblio.org/herbmed/neat-stuff/bachflow.html ftp ibiblio.org or sunsite.sut.ac.jp /pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare/herbal-medicine/neat-stuff/ ========== 3.3.6 Aromatherapy intro
		Here it is, gathered over a couple of years: * You do not want anonymous advice over the net, you want a professional.
		Brits can ask for member of NIMH (National Institute of Herbal Medicine), Australians have the NHAA, online at http://www.nhaa.org.au.
	omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a4499.html (7957 words)

	AllRefer.com - eclecticism, in art (Art, General) - Encyclopedia
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		Among the most influential advocates of eclecticism were Sir Joshua Reynolds and John Ruskin.
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	Medical Links: Herbal Medicine: Spears & MacLeod, Pharmasave :Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : GrassRoutes
		Naturopaths have long recognized that there are very effective herbs that can help to promote healthy thyroid functioning and restore thyroid health.
		is the use of herbs for their therapeutic or medicinal value.
		Description: Chinese medicine made in USA for numerous maladies, Chinese patent medicines.
	www.spearsmacleod.com /links/h/herbal (1044 words)

	Obsolete_scientific_theories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Rain follows the plow - the theory that human settlement increases rainfall in arid regions
		Eclecticism (medicine) - medical history - Some say it transformed into homeopathy and pseudoscience.
		Alchemy, which led to the development of chemistry
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Obsolete_scientific_theories (626 words)

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