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1842
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Reformed Medical College of Cincinnati founded; closed or merged, 1845.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
Hydropathy; or The Cold Water Cure, as practiced by Vincent Priessnitz, at Graefenberg, Silesia, Austria. Capt. R.T. Claridge, 3e. Influential in spreading hydrotherapy to English-speaking countries, including England and Australia.
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1843
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Eclectic Medical Institute relocates from Worthington, OH and initial classes in Cincinnati by Professors Thomas Vaughn Morrow and A. H. Baldridge after having no graduating classes 1839- 43; chartered in 1845; last class graduated in 1929; re-opened, in 1931; last class graduated, in 1939.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
John Stuart Mill publishes A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, coining the word ‘Emergentism.’
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1844
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The American Institute of Homeopathy is established as main authoritative body of homeopathic practitioners in US, “in response
to the lack of national medical standards.” First national medical society of physicians in US; claim conflicts with that of Reformed Medical Society.
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Era of Medical Pluralism
early communities of practice
1801 - 1879
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
First US hydropathic facility established by Russell T. Trall, MD, and Joel Shew, MD; New York City, NY.
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1845
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
The Eclectic Medical Institute receives its charter from the State of Ohio.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
Daniel David Palmer, DC (d. 1913) ‘Discoverer’ and founder of chiropractic as a distinct therapeutic system; evolved from magnetic healing to chiropractic. Vitalist approach, emphasizing “Innate” intelligence, manipulation and cause of most disease due to subluxation and disrupted nerve flow with resulting ‘friction.’
Kneipp Water-Cure Journal first issue published; circulation more than 50,000 by early 1850s.
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1846
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Worcester Medical School founded in New York City, NY; Eclectic; closed, 1852.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
A Guide To Health: Being an exposition of the principles of the Thomsonian system of practice, etc. Benjamin Colby.
A Synopsis of Lectures On Medical Science: Embracing the Principles of Medicine, Or Physiology, Pathology, and Therapeutics, As Discovered in Nature; ... to Those Principles, As Applied by Art. Alva Curtis, MD.
Hydropathy: or the System of Effecting Cures
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