This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Further Reading
Beatty HR. Nervous disease in late eighteenth century Britain. Abingdon, OX, Routledge, 2015, 256 pp.
Booth ER. History of osteopathy. Paehl, Germany, Jolandos eK, 2005, 835 pp.
Brogan S. The Royal Touch in early modern England. Martlesham, Suffolk, Boydell & Brewer, 2015, 285 pp.
Brown J. The elements of medicine. London, UK, Johnson, 1788, 308 pp.
Darnton R. Mesmerism and the end of the Enlightenment in France. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1968, 218 pp.
DelBourgo J. A most amazing scene of wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in early America. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2006, 367 pp.
Fara P. Fatal attraction. Magnetic mysteries and the enlightenment. London, UK, Icon, 2005, 206 pp.
Haller JS. The history of American homeopathy: From rational medicine to holistic health care. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2009, 191 pp.
Inglis B. Natural Medicine. London, UK, Collins, 1980, 255 pp.
Peters R. An early history of chiropractic: The Palmers and Australia. Asheville, NC, Integral Altitude, 2014, 531 pp.
T. An authentick narrative of the success of tar water: in curing a great number and variety of distempers, with remarks and occasional papers relative to the subject. London, UK, W. Inys, 1746, 196 pp.
Shaw J. Hydrotherapy or the water cure. Its principles, processes, and modes of treatment. 4th ed. New York, NY, Fowlers and Wells, 1851, 360 pp.
Starr P. The social transformation of American medicine. New York, NY, Basic Books, 1982, 514 pp.
Whorton JC. Crusaders for fitness. The history of American health reformers. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1942; 359 pp.
Whorton JC. Nature Cures: The history of alternative medicine in America. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2002, 368 pp.
Xiaofei JM. Acupuncture and moxibustion. Beijing, China, IOS Press, 2000, 414 pp.
Wood M. Vitalism. The history of herbalism, homeopathy, and flower essences. Santa Barbara, CA, North Atlantic Books, 2000, 215 pp.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Shephard, R.J. (2018). Bizarre By-ways in the Search for Good Health. In: A History of Health & Fitness: Implications for Policy Today. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65097-5_15
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65097-5_15
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65096-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-65097-5
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)