1852 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Female Medical Pioneers, Native American Herbalism, &c. Preaching He was a notable political

He was a notable political reformer

A good - to fair copy bound in wraps

included is a very rare variant six panel map of the explorations of Lewis and Clark

The text is generally solid

As They Existed at the Close of the Eighteenth

1852 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Female Medical Pioneers, Native American Herbalism, &c. Preaching He was a notable politicalThe Eclectic Journal of Medicine sits at a fascinating crossroads in American medical history. The early 1850s were the peak years of the "Eclectic" medical movement; a reform school that arose in direct opposition to regular medicine, which was dominated by aggressive interventions like bloodletting, mercury purges (calomel), and tartar emetic. Eclectics drew heavily on botanical remedies, many derived from Native American plant knowledge, and