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Eclectic medicine — was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. The term was coined by Constantine… … Wikipedia
Eclectic Materia Medica — is a materia medica written by the eclectic medicine doctor Harvey Wickes Felter (co author with John Uri Lloyd of King s American Dispensatory.) This was the last, articulate, but in the end, futile attempt to stem the tide of Standard Practice… … Wikipedia
Eclectic — Ec*lec tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out: cf. F. [ e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.] 1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eclectic physician — Eclectic Ec*lec tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out: cf. F. [ e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.] 1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eclectic school — Eclectic Ec*lec tic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pick out, choose out: cf. F. [ e]clectique. See {Eclogue}, and cf. {Elect}.] 1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eclectic medicine — eclectic medicine, a former medical system and practice in the United States that made much use of botanical remedies in the treatment of disease … Useful english dictionary
Glossary of alternative medicine — This is a glossary for terms and concepts being used in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), an umbrella term for a large number of practices that fall outside the scope of conventional medicine. NOTOC AAcupunctureAcupuncture is the… … Wikipedia
thomsonian medicine — That school of medical philosophy and therapy founded by the American messianic nature therapist Samuel Thomson (b. 1769). Thomson s great axiom was, Heat is life, and cold is death. He lived in New England, which explains some of this. He and … Herbal-medical glossary
psychology — The profession ( e.g., clinical p.), scholarly discipline (academic p.), and science (research p.) concerned with the behavior of humans and animals, and related mental and physiologic processes. [psycho + G. logos, study] adlerian p. SYN:… … Medical dictionary
John Milton Scudder — Dr. John Milton Scudder was an Eclectic Medicine physician of the 19th century. The Eclectic physician Harvey Wickes Felter wrote a biography of him. [http://www.swsbm.com/EclecticMed/EclecticBioScudder.pdf] He was born September 8, 1829 in Ohio… … Wikipedia
