History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann, Electrotherapy
11 Mar 2014
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Anyone who practiced medicine outside of doctrine, realized the traditional way of medicine wasn"t working. Age of modernity (spelling) 1850-1920 -- north america. In the us by 1830 an inspiring doctor needed to go to a medical school to fully call themselves a doctor, canada is relatively the same. (reglitory body - college of physicians and surgeons, still around today) In late 19th and early 20th century, we have a line between what is a doctor and what is a quack - a powe rplay by using this term: orthodox medical community not successful at this time still. Thomsonianism (samuel thomson 1769 to 1843: born and raised on farm, no medical school fascinated by botany(study of plants, had a skepticism of medicine practice. Dec 4, 2013: first event came when he was 19yrs, chopping wood injured ankle with axe. Physician treated it but it kept getting worse.
