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Water-Cures [Moss-2]
Fountains ofYouth NEW JERSEY’S WATER-CURES his is a story about the bustling medical by Sandra W. marketplace in nineteenth-century New Moss M.D., M.A. T Jersey, and, in particular, the establishments known as water-cures. What we now call alternative, complementary, or holistic medicine was once referred to as sectarian medicine and its Sandra Moss. M.D., M.A. (History) practitioners as irregulars. Most regular or orthodox is a retired internist and past president of the Medical History Society of New Jersey. Dr. Moss writes and speaks physicians, often called "allopaths" by their critics, about the history of medicine in New Jersey. viewed the endless parade of irregular sectarian Acknowledgements: This paper is dedicated to the memory practitioners as either ignorant quacks or educated, of Professor David L. Cowen (1909-22006), New Jersey’s premier medical historian. Archivist Lois Densky-WWolff, but deluded, quacks. In order to get our bearings, Special Collections, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, provided expert research assistance, as did we must look briefly at botanical and homeopathic the staff at Rutgers University Archives and Special sects before turning to the hydropaths, hygeio- Collections. therapists, and naturopaths. Fountains of Youth O Sandra W. Moss, MD, MA O GardenStateLegacy.com Issue 2 O December 2008 FROM JERSEY TEA struggling to make a living. Repeatedly TO JERSEY CURE stymied in its efforts to control Botanical medicine was a mainstay in practice through state licensing, the New Jersey from colonial times. “Herb regular medical establishment dithered “Water” and root” doctors and genuine (or for decades over the problem of by A.S.A. -
Health & Healing
Health & Healing 28 THEOPTIMIST.COM FALL 2015 PHOTOGRAPH: BELINDA PRETORIUS/SHUTTERSTOCK Nobody needs these Is it possible to train your eyes to see clearly without your glasses or contacts? BY ELLEKE BAL FALL 2015 THEOPTIMIST.COM 29 ALMOST PUT RICE IN MY COFFEE Influence your eyesight? I think about are using the Bates Method. By learning maker. It feels very odd, going through it. It’s so hard to believe no optometrist has how to relax their eye muscles, people can my morning routine without my con- ever mentioned it to me. I have been wear- improve their eyesight. When you think tact lenses. With a prescription of –3.0 ing contact lenses and glasses for ten years about it, it’s unbelievable that Bates’ ap- Iin both eyes, I’m fne around the house, real- now, and have never enjoyed it. The glasses proach hasn’t become more widely used. ly. But the packs of coffee and rice on the top slide off my nose and get smudged all the Lately, though, his ideas have been re- shelf of my cupboard are dangerously simi- time, and the contacts irritate me and dry out ceiving corroboration from an unexpect- lar. The world is covered by a veil of fog. my eyes. Could I stop wearing them? ed quarter: scientists who are studying “First thing, leave your contact lenses out For now, my effort to live without con- neuroplasticity—a new branch of neurosci- for a few hours in the morning for a while,” tacts is leading to some awkwardness, but I ence that is developing from an understand- Kim van der Hoeven advised me. -
A New Model for the Regulation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Australia
Bond University DOCTORAL THESIS A new model for the regulation of complementary and alternative medicine in Australia Weir, Michael Award date: 2004 Link to publication General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Chapter 1 What is complementary and alternative medicine? Introduction This chapter provides a definition of CAM and OM and deals with the fundamental criteria at the basis of the CAM healing philosophy. The current usage of CAM and its philosophy sets the scene for the conflicts with OM discussed in later chapters. Definition of Western Medicine For the purpose of the analysis in this thesis CAM needs to be defined. This task requires an understanding of the parameters of OM. As OM is so dominant in most western countries CAM is often, and arguably inappropriately, defined by its relationship to OM. OM, sometimes called western modern medicine, has been defined as ‘medical interventions which are widely taught in modern western medical schools or are generally available at U.S. hospitals, and that which is used by the majority of medical physicians in modern western industrialized countries.’3 Its critics sometimes characterize OM as ‘allopathy.’ Allopathy is a system of healing that counteracts disease by using remedies that produce opposite results from those produced by 3 Andries Kleynhans, ‘The Alternative and Complementary Health Care Perspective’ in Russell G Smith (ed), Health Care, Crime and Regulatory Control (1998) 97. -
Gehobene Und Exquisite Küche in Der Konsumgesellschaft. Dresden Um 1900 LAND KULINARISCHER TRADITION
Benedikt Krüger Gehobene und exquisite Küche in der Konsumgesellschaft. Dresden um 1900 LAND KULINARISCHER TRADITION. ERNÄHRUNGSGESCHICHTE IN SACHSEN. REIHE C- HISTORISCHE FORSCHUNGEN ZUR EXQUISITEN KÜCHE Herausgegeben vonJosef Matzerath Band 2 Gefördert durch: Benedikt Krüger Gehobene und exquisite Küche in der Konsumgesellschaft Dresden um 1900 JAN THORBECKEVERLAG Für die Schwabenverlag AG ist Nachhaltigkeit ein wichtiger Maßstab ihres Handelns.Wir achten daher auf den Einsatz umweltschonender Ressourcen und Materialien. Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbiblio- grafie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.dnb.de abrufbar. Alle Rechte vorbehalten ©2015 Jan Thorbecke Verlag der Schwabenverlag AG, Ostfildern www.thorbecke.de Umschlaggestaltung: Finken & Bumiller,Stuttgart Umschlagabbildung, unten: GOUFFÉ, Jules: Die feine Küche. Enthaltend gründliche Anleitungzur höheren und bürgerlichen Kochkunst,1.Aufl., Leipzig 1872, S. 814f.; Aufnahme: SLUB/Dresdner Digitalisierungszentrum. – Oben: Kellner mit Fruchtschale in Sendig’sHotel „Europäischer Hof“, Stadtarchiv Dresden, F2.086. Satz und Repro: Schwabenverlag AG, Ostfildern Druck: Memminger MedienCentrum, Memmingen Hergestellt in Deutschland ISBN 978-3-7995-0991-6 Inhalt Abbildungs- und Tabellenverzeichnis ........................................ 7 Abkürzungsverzeichnis ....................................................... 8 Danksagung .................................................................. -
New Yorkers Had Been Anticipating His Visit for Months. at Columbia
INTRODUCTION ew Yorkers had been anticipating his visit for months. At Columbia University, where French intellectual Henri Bergson (1859–1941) Nwas to give twelve lectures in February 1913, expectations were es- pecially high. When first approached by officials at Columbia, he had asked for a small seminar room where he could directly interact with students and faculty—something that fit both his personality and his speaking style. But Columbia sensed a potential spectacle. They instead put him in the three- hundred-plus-seat lecture theater in Havemeyer Hall. That much attention, Bergson insisted, would make him too nervous to speak in English without notes. Columbia persisted. So, because rhetorical presentation was as impor- tant to him as the words themselves, Bergson delivered his first American lec- ture entirely in French.1 Among the standing-room-only throng of professors and editors were New York journalists and “well-dressed” and “overdressed” women, all fumbling to make sense of Bergson’s “Spiritualité et Liberté” that slushy evening. Between their otherwise dry lines of copy, the reporters’ in- credulity was nearly audible as they recorded how hundreds of New Yorkers strained to hear this “frail, thin, small sized man with sunken cheeks” practi- cally whisper an entire lecture on metaphysics in French.2 That was only a prelude. Bergson’s “Free Will versus Determinism” lec- ture on Tuesday, February 4th—once again delivered in his barely audible French—caused the academic equivalent of a riot. Two thousand people attempted to cram themselves into Havemeyer. Hundreds of hopeful New Yorkers were denied access; long queues of the disappointed snaked around the building and lingered in the slush. -
Techniques Used for Improving Visual Efficiency
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science Volume 53 Annual Issue Article 33 1946 Techniques Used for Improving Visual Efficiency Robert Allbaugh Iowa State College Charles Miller Iowa State College Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1946 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias Recommended Citation Allbaugh, Robert and Miller, Charles (1946) "Techniques Used for Improving Visual Efficiency," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 53(1), 263-268. Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol53/iss1/33 This Research is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Academy of Science at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by an authorized editor of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Allbaugh and Miller: Techniques Used for Improving Visual Efficiency TECHNIQUES USED FOR IMPROVING VISUAL EFFICIENCY ROBERT ALLBAUGH AND CHARLES MILLER INTRODUCTION During the war a great many claims were made for methods of increasing visual acuity, decreasing astigmatism, correcting eye muscle balance and even to overcoming color blindness A veritable wave of cures has arisen to aid young men with borderline vision who desire to enlist in the air corps or other branches of the service requiring nearly perfect vision. The civilian population will probably feel the effects of these remedies which are causing some concern in optical circles. The present authors are attempting to attack the problem experimentally and this paper is presented as a survey of the field as it has been expressed by various writers. -
Replace Them by Salads and Vegetables”: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900–1939
Global Food History ISSN: 2054-9547 (Print) 2054-9555 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rfgf20 “Replace them by Salads and Vegetables”: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900–1939 James F. Stark To cite this article: James F. Stark (2018) “Replace them by Salads and Vegetables”: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900–1939, Global Food History, 4:2, 130-151, DOI: 10.1080/20549547.2018.1460538 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/20549547.2018.1460538 © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Published online: 23 Apr 2018. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 149 View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rfgf20 GLOBAL FOOD HISTORY 2018, VOL. 4, NO. 2, 130–151 https://doi.org/10.1080/20549547.2018.1460538 OPEN ACCESS “Replace them by Salads and Vegetables”: Dietary Innovation, Youthfulness, and Authority, 1900–1939 James F. Stark School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The events of the First World War fueled public fascination with Received 3 January 2017 rejuvenation at the same time as medical scientists began to explore Accepted 27 February 2018 the physiological potential of so-called “vitamine.” The seemingly KEYWORDS bottomless capacity of vitamins to maintain bodily function and Vitamins; diet; fasting; aging; appearance offered a possible mechanism for achieving bodily youth; rejuvenation renewal, alongside established dietary practices such as abstention from alcohol and meat. Drawing on mainstream medical publications, popular dietary texts and advertising materials, this paper outlines how vitamins and other dietary practices played an important but hitherto unrecognized role in reconfiguring ideas about anti-aging and rejuvenation. -
Review Article
REVIEW ARTICLE NATUROPATHY SYSTEM – A COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE AID IN DENTISTRY – A REVIEW Yatish Kumar Sanadhya1, Sanadhya Sudhanshu2, Sorabh R Jain3, Nidhi Sharma4 HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Yatish Kumar Sanadhya, Sanadhya Sudhanshu, Sorabh R Jain, Nidhi Sharma. “Naturopathy system – a complimentary and alternative aid in dentistry – a review”. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 2013; Vol2, Issue 37, September 16; Page: 7077-7083. ABSTRACT: Coined by Dr. John Scheel, Henry Lindlahr crediting him as “father of Naturopathy”, Naturopathy system of Medicine is a system of healing science stimulating the body’s inherent power to regain health with the help of five great elements of nature. Naturopathy provides not only a simple practical approach to the management of disease, but a firm theoretical basic which is applicable to all holistic medical care and by giving attention to the foundations of health; also offers a more economical frame work for the medicine of future generation. Naturopathy is an approach to healing using “natural” means such as diet and lifestyle. For treatment, it primarily stresses on correcting all the factors involved and allowing the body to recover itself. In dentistry, various modalities are available therefore, supporting dental treatment. For the same purpose, this paper is intended to have an overview of other dental treatment modalities available via i.e. Naturotherapy. KEYWORDS: Nature therapy, hydrotherapy, therapeutics. INTRODUCTION: Naturopathy system of Medicine is a system of healing science stimulating the body’s inherent power to regain health with the help of five great elements of nature- Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Ether. -
Hans Driesch's Interest in the Psychical Research. a Historical
Medicina Historica 2017; Vol. 1, N. 3: 156-162 © Mattioli 1885 Original article: history of medicine Hans Driesch’s Interest in the Psychical Research. A Historical Study Germana Pareti Department of Philosophy and Science of Education, University of Torino, Italy Abstract. In recent times the source of interest in psychical research in Germany has been subject of relevant studies. Not infrequently these works have dealt with this phenomenon through the interpretation of the various steps and transformations present in Hans Driesch’s thought, from biology and medicine to neovital- ism, and finally to parapsychology. However these studies identified the causes of this growing involvement in paranormal research either in the historical context of “crisis” of modernity (or “crisis” in psychology), or in an attempt to “normalize” the supernatural as an alternative to the traditional experimental psychology. My paper aims instead at throwing light on the constant effort by Driesch to conceive (and found) psychical re- search as a science of the super-normal, using the methodology successfully adopted by the scientific community (especially German) in the late nineteenth century. Key words: Driesch, medicine, parapsychology Introduction. Driesch’s Life and Education one Zoologica in Naples, Italy. He published his first wholly theoretical pamphlet in 1891, in which he Although formerly educated as a scientist, Hans aimed at explaining development in terms of mechan- Adolf Eduard Driesch became a strong proponent of ics and mathematics. In the Analytische Theorie der or- vitalism and later a professor of philosophy. In 1886 ganischen Entwicklung his approach was still mecha- he spent two semesters at the University of Freiburg, nistic. -
Principal Gould Reveals Reasons for Firing ® Lj£ ® Tm
Principal Gould reveals reasons for firing The Middle States Association and tnp atijiu. »«.pwtmeM of 1 he TIMES received the following letter from high school future employment. Very truly yours, 1 Education have issued strong and compelling warnings to the principal Geproe Gould. He requested that it be printed as an Hillside School District about the educational disaster which as open letter to tjjje people of Hillside. Within the text of his letter, The reasons are as follows: . £ v Anthony J. Deo, President in the making of Hillside unless some of its problems are quickly Gould has chosen to divulge the letter sent by the Board of Edu- 1. The principal of a school has the responsibility to make Hillside Board of Eduction certain that the building and grounds are kept in a clean and ' addressed. 1 New band uniforms, auditorium seats, field houses for equip* ihc ietter'from the Board; which was sept to Gould, appear here sanitary condition. There has been a general failure to fulfill The allegations could be taken one by one and explained or in iheir entirety, ment and the like, are certainly wonderful, and are implemented this,supervisory responsibility as it relates to the HighSchool, refuted, but in giving this letter to me and setting a hearing for the benefit of our students, but can a Board of Education de 2. Failufe to effectively implement certain High School pro- date, {they have complied with the law, There are many persons, cide in favor of such items .without ever having talked with the 10 THE HILLSIDE COMMUNITY: grams approved by the Board of Education. -
Shelton, Herbert M. the Hygienic System
The HYGIENIC SYSTEM By Herbert M. Shelton, D.P., N.D., D.C., D.N.T., D.N.Sc., D.N.Ph., D.N.Litt., Ph.D., D.Orthp. AUTHOR OF HUMAN LIFE: ITS PHILOSOPHY AND LAWS; NATURAL DIET OF MAN; HYGIENIC CARE OF CHILDREN; NATURAL CURE OF SYPHILIS; NATURAL CURE OF CANCER; ETC., ETC. Vol. VI ORTHOPATHY Published By Dr. Shelton's Health School San Antonio, Texas 1939 Note: This scan was made by the Soil and Health Library, http://www.soilandhealth.org HE disciples of Natural Hygiene try to deserve the T blessings that the dupes of the drug-mongers attempt to buy across the counter; instead of changing their hospital or their course of medication they will change their habits, and their loss of faith in a few popular superstitions will be compensated by an abundant gain in health.*** The removal of the cause is a remedy which the sufferers from almost any disease might prescribe for themselves. —Felix L. Oswald. Index Chapter Page Introduction 7 1 Living Matter Cures Itself 27 2 The Rationale of "Disease" 58 3 The Rationale of Fever 114 4 The Rationale of Inflammation 130 5 The Rationale of Crises. 160 6 Self-Limited Diseases 169 7 Biogony Not a Radical Cure 174 8 The Course of Biogony 179 9 Prognosis 188 10 Unity of Diseases and Symptoms 192 11 The Evolution of Pathology 213 12 The Causes of Pathology 254 13 The Causes of Enervation 342 14 The Conditions of Recovery 385 15 Results of Suppression of Biogony 434 DEDICATION o all who believe in the omniscience of T phenomena—that action and reaction are inherent—a part of an object and its environment— -
Prequel Alcoholics Anonymous Has Been More Successful As a Recovery Methodology Than Anything Else. with Over 3,000,000 Members
Prequel Alcoholics Anonymous has been more successful as a recovery methodology than anything else. With over 3,000,000 members in the North American region to its credit, AA stand above all other treatment or recovery processes for those afflicted with alcohol disorders. Following the success of AA over 200 fellowships have instituted the 12 step process into their philosophy. A close study of the actual mechanics inherent in these steps and the results one gets after active participation, deserves close study. Around the turn of the 20th century several forms of evangelical Christian fellowships developed. Humanity has always possessed an inner drive to experience social belonging and to touch the divine. These groups fulfilled this striving to belong and feel good about one’s life. Some of the most important of these were, the Emmanuel Group and the Jacoby Club. The organization of the most significance to AA was the Oxford Group. These groups had a number of things in common. They all had a strong membership structure. You were encouraged to attend and participate in many activities revolving around the group. This was not a Sunday only business, your whole life and family were drawn in and motivated toward achieving spiritual goals for yourself and those closest to you. The groups were Christian in nature but non-denominational. You could profess any Christian faith and be excepted even if you were alcoholic if you were willing to submit to the dictates of the group. Meetings took place almost every night but not necessarily in Churches. There were times the groups would need to meet in areas large enough for auditorium size crowds.