
Lost origins of Osteopathy and Chiropractic in European Mechanical Medicine and Physical Education, c. 1800-1950
This book examines the global history of allegedly scientific “mechanical” cures commonly used to combat internal and chronic diseases and explores how and why the professional demarcation between orthodox and irregular medicine evolved.
Now globally dispersed, the systems of osteopathy and chiropractic are considered as unique pieces of therapeutic Americana with no obvious inspirational counterpa...
This book examines the global history of allegedly scientific “mechanical” cures commonly used to combat internal and chronic diseases and explores how and why the professional demarcation between orthodox and irregular medicine evolved.
Now globally dispersed, the systems of osteopathy and chiropractic are considered as unique pieces of therapeutic Americana with no obvious inspirational counterpa...