That alternative methods were so widespread in the presumably enlightened
1990s was a startling realization for the medical profession. It shouldn’t
have been, for there’s nothing at all new in the current enthusiasm for unconventional
therapies. Comparable levels of support have been the norm for
most of the last two centuries: Americans, in short, have been fooling around
with alternative medicine for a long time.
That such activity has been mere foolishness has been the opinion, of
course, of orthodox practitioners. From the start, MDs have scorned alternative
1990s was a startling realization for the medical profession. It shouldn’t
have been, for there’s nothing at all new in the current enthusiasm for unconventional
therapies. Comparable levels of support have been the norm for
most of the last two centuries: Americans, in short, have been fooling around
with alternative medicine for a long time.
That such activity has been mere foolishness has been the opinion, of
course, of orthodox practitioners. From the start, MDs have scorned alternative
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