Divided Legacy, Volume III: Science and Ethics in American Medicine

Harris L. Coulter

ISBN 10: 0913028967 / ISBN 13: 9780913028964

Published by North Atlantic Books, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Divided Legacy, Volume III: Science and Ethics in American Medicine
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913028967
• ISBN 13: 9780913028964
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 3.56W x 13.97H x 21.34D centimeters 3.56 centimeters width by 13.97 centimeters height by 21.34 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1.75 pounds

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Synopsis

Divided Legacy (Vols. I-IV) is a history of Western medical philosophy from the time of Hippocrates to the twentieth century, treating it as a unified system of thought rather than a series of fortuitous discovers. Dr. Coulter interprets the development of medical ideas as the product of a conflict between two opposed systems of thought, Empiricism and Rationalism.

This third volume of Divided Legacy continues the account of the conflict between the Empirical and the Rationalist approaches to therapeutics but introduces a socio-economic dimension which had earlier been lacking. In the early nineteenth century, Samuel Hahnemann’s formulation of the Empirical therapeutic doctrine, which he called homeopathy. It flourished especially in the United States. This volume traces the history of the rise and decline of this formulation of Empirical therapeutics in the nineteenth century United States. It analyzes the interaction between the homeopathic doctrines and those of the orthodox school and attempts to illustrate the influence of socio-economic constraints on the movement of medical thought during this period.

About the Author

Harris Coulter is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a graduate of Yale University. He received his PhD from Columbia University. He is the author of numerous articles and several books on acupuncture, osteopathy, herbalism, and alternative health care.