Divided Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought Volume I: The Patterns Emerge – Hippocrates to Paracelsus

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350 BC to 1600. This is the FIRST of FOUR (!) volumes that chronicle the history of homeopathic and holistic medicine. The author uses primary source information to provide an accurate portrayal of medical history. Most chapters have 100+ references. A true tour de force!

“A vast and well-documented attempt to paint the history of empirical medicine in constant tension with the rationalist tradition.”

Ivan Illich, author of Medical Nemesis

“A trenchant commentary on orthodox drug therapy and ‘scientific medicine.'”

-Alex Berman, Journal of the History of Medicine

“An important book … the reference work for all subsequent scholarship in the field.”

-Jerome W. Whitney, British Homoeopathic Journal

“Provocative and worthwhile reading.”

-Gert Brieger, M.D., U.C.S.F. School of Medicine, American Scientist.