Our Medicine Men

Author : Paul de Kruif
Publisher : Read & Company Science
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Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1528720628

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Paul de Kruif is known for his controversial opinions on modern medicine. Our Medicine Men highlights the scientist's disputable account of the medical profession. Our Medicine Men presents Paul de Kruif's controversial modern medicine opinions. The collected essays were first published in The Century Magazine, which resulted in many medical and scientific professionals criticising Kruif's work for providing 'detrimental' false information. ""A devastating attack upon the pomposities, absurdities and dangerous practices in the medical profession"" - Publishers Weekly, 1922 This volume features the following chapters: - 'The Dignity of the Medical Profession' - 'The Role of Credulity' - 'On a Misconception of the Role of Physicians - 'The Cure of Disease' - 'Pills Make Way for Prevention' - 'Religio Sanitatis' - 'The Molding of the Raw Material' - 'The Science of the Study of Disease' - 'The Master Physician and the Anti-Physician' First published in 1922, Our Medicine Men is not to be missed by collectors of Paul de Kruif's work and those interested in the history of medicine.

Author : Paul H. De Kruif
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542401860

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Our Medicine Men by Paul H. De Kruif Pdf

From Hearst's International and, fortunately for posterity, the gist of Paul H. De Kruif's monumental work has been preserved in book form, Our Medicine Men which is a series of brilliant essays, and his name will be venerated by future generations. We can only comment briefly upon the scholarly works of De Kruif. How it was possible for one man in a single lifetime to marshal the vast amount of material he presents is beyond comprehension. He takes up the study of medical practice from antiquity until the present day. His only desire is "to inquire into the causes for its present extraordinary magnificence and prosperity, and to discover, if possible, whether these are due to a commensurate increase in the value of its service." He shows that feeble attacks have been made against medicine by Butler, Moliere, Da Vinci, and Shaw; but these failed. But he will succeed. Paracelsus, Galen, and a host of other fathers of medicine are portrayed in all their ignominy. The rank and file of medical men today are no better than those who followed Galen; therefore quackery and fakery abound. (Any student of logic will be able to explain this to the ordinary, illiterate physician.) De Kruif has gone through all there is in medicine with judicious wisdom, separating the good from the bad and throwing most of it into limbo. Little is left. Vaccines, group medicine, psychoanalysis, specialists, medical colleges, these and many others are dissected without mercy, and we are shown with startling clarity that it is all a sham and worthless, utterly worthless. Gone, forever gone, are the days of the good old family doctor. Here we find the only note which approaches any pity for the heartless tribe of medical men. It is high time this group of rascals were exposed, vendors of nostrums, fee splitters. cunning aids of heartless drug houses, pretending to cure while injecting vaccines and gloating over the bodies of their slain victims, not forgetting to send bills for fabulous sums to the relatives of the departed. Could a more heartbreaking picture be painted? Could anything be so monstrous?.... -International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics

Author : Paul De Kruif
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Medical ethics
ISBN : LCCN:22020983

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Our Medicine Men by Paul De Kruif Pdf

Author : Paul H. De Kruif
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1330589238

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Our Medicine Men by Paul H. De Kruif Pdf

Excerpt from Our Medicine Men A part of these essays has appeared in "The Century Magazine," and their publication has aroused the profound displeasure of many serious and possibly important persons. The pieces have been variously denounced as destructive, ignorant, rotten, wrong-headed, and detrimental to progress. This writer deplores these criticisms, for, while it is true that he had no intention to moralize or to improve the world, he did attempt to recount in a fair and restrained manner the reactions which twelve years of contact with medicine men have called forth in him. He has made an earnest effort to be restrained, but, try as he would, it was impossible to avoid introducing a faintly ribald flavor into his writings. He hastens to assure his readers that this has crept in not because medicine is in essence wholly ribald or ridiculous. On the other hand, he believes that of the five great professions it stands next to that of engineering in its contributions to progress. The ribaldry has appeared by reason of a slight, but incurable, clownishness and impishness of his own mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Paul De Kruif
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1018113746

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul H. De Kruif
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0265782899

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Our Medicine Men (Classic Reprint) by Paul H. De Kruif Pdf

Excerpt from Our Medicine Men A part of these essays has appeared in The Century Magazine, and their publication has aroused the profound displeasure of many serious and possibly important persons. The pieces have been variously denounced as destructive, igno rant, rotten, wrong-headed, and detrimental to progress. This writer deplores these criticisms, for, while it is true that he had no intention to moralize or to improve the world, he did attempt to recount in a fair and restrained manner the reactions which twelve years of contact with medicine men have called forth in him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Alfred I. Tauber
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biomedical engineering
ISBN : 0262700727

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Confessions of a Medicine Man by Alfred I. Tauber Pdf

This book probes the ethical structure of contemporary medicine in an argument accessible to lay readers, healthcare professionals, and ethicists alike.

Author : E. Richard Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Charities, Medical
ISBN : 0520042697

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Rockefeller Medicine Men by E. Richard Brown Pdf

Author : Holger Kalweit
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-21
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781570627125

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Shamans, Healers, and Medicine Men by Holger Kalweit Pdf

Shamans, Healers, and Medicine Men explores the primal healing methods of shamans all over the world. The author shows that for these extraordinary men and women, healing is not merely the alleviation of symptoms but entails a transformation of one's relationship to life.

Author : Henry Strickland Constable
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Medical misconceptions
ISBN : BL:A0024181972

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Our Medicine Men by Henry Strickland Constable Pdf

Author : Quin John
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785906305

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Dr Quin, Medicine Man by Quin John Pdf

"Refreshing and eloquent" – Libby Purves, The Times "Quin's acute powers of observation vividly convey the hinterland of the modern general hospital ... A medical memoir for the Trainspotting generation." – The Tablet *** Surgeons cut, but physicians... what do physicians actually do? And is it true that other doctors really call them 'the magicians'? John Quin worked for thirty-three years as a physician for the NHS in both Scotland and England, specialising in endocrinology. Days on the wards were uproariously funny one minute, infinitely tragic the next. Starting with a stern lesson from the president of the British Society of Gastroenterologists that the younger doctor was not 'a f****** comedian', Dr Quin, Medicine Man is packed with vividly told tales of the joy and reward of getting the diagnosis right, the disaster of getting it wrong. Darkly amusing and with a keen eye for the absurd, this sharply observed memoir is not only an acute insight into the farcical frustrations and tensions of working in a chronically underfunded system but also a timely reminder of the humanity of the NHS staff who care for us.

Author : Mary Keiser
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780595009732

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Love, Miracles and Medicine Men by Mary Keiser Pdf

A engaging face paced and humorous adventure into the Indigenous world as two Midwestern nurses explore Shamanic Healing and Native American Spirituality. Two Baby Boomers head toward South Dakota in search of new meaning and alternative medicine only to find themselves caught between two worlds of thought and reality. The story begins with the accounts of a former cancer cure and moves through several mis-adventures and true adventures as these women experience different Native rituals and ceremonies. It ends with two present day healings, leaving the reader open to explore a whole new world of thought. The story not only delights through its simple words and lessons but quickly tugs at the heartstrings as these two adventurers. Find new faith, hope and a restored belief in limitless possibilities. Mary Ruehl-Keiser presently lives in Illinois with her husband Don. She works in the health Care Profession as a nurse along with Complimentary Health Care as a massage therapist and Reiki Master.

Author : Thomas Yellowtail,Michael Oren Fitzgerald
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806126027

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Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief by Thomas Yellowtail,Michael Oren Fitzgerald Pdf

Medicine man and Sun Dance chief Thomas Yellowtail is a pivotal figure in Crow tribal life. As a youth he lived in the presence of old warriors, hunters, and medicine men who knew the freedom and sacred ways of pre-reservation life. As the principal figure in the Crow-Shoshone Sun Dance religion, Yellowtail has preserved traditional values in the face of the constantly encroaching, diametrically opposed values of materialistic modern socity. Through his life story and description of the Sun Dance religion we can reexamine the premises and orientations of both cultures.

Author : Vine Deloria Jr.,Philip J. Deloria
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781555918477

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The World We Used to Live In by Vine Deloria Jr.,Philip J. Deloria Pdf

In his final work, the great and beloved Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used To Live In, a fascinating collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores everything from healing miracles and scared rituals to Navajos who could move the sun. In this compelling work, which draws upon a lifetime of scholarship, Deloria shows us how ancient powers fit into our modern understanding of science and the cosmos, and how future generations may draw strength from the old ways.

Author : Vine Deloria, Jr.
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1458756890

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The World We Used to Live in by Vine Deloria, Jr. Pdf

The world lost a courageous leader and a treasured friend with the passing of Vine Deloria Jr. He was and is one of the greatest spiritual thinkers of our time. Before his death, Deloria was re-examining Native spirituality. His years of collecting Native stories of the medicine men, and exploring spirituality from different perspectives are brought together in this book. Although Deloria was annoyed and disapproving of the commercialization of Native spirituality (sweat lodges conducted for $50, peyote meetings for $1,500, medicine drums for $300), he did not wish to chastise those finding solace in these pseudo rituals. Instead, he wanted to open people's eyes to the rituals and ceremonies as they were originally intended - to stop the empty recitation of songs and blessings and bring meaning and spirit back to the sacred Native rites. To do so, he explored the medicine men, their powers, and the Earth's relation to the cosmos.