Eclectic Medicine – Flashcards
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The Eclectic School was popular during
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the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.
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The term was coined by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1784-1841) describing physicians who
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employed whatever was found to be beneficial to their patients (eclectic being derived from the Greek word eklego, meaning "to choose from").
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Eclectic Medicine appeared as an extension of early American herbal medicine traditions, such as
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"Thomsonian medicine" in the early 19th century, and Native American medicine.
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The movement peaked in
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the 1880s and 1890s.
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It bears a resemblance to which other school?
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Physiomedicalist
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The last Eclectic Medical school closed in Cincinnati in
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1939