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How Natural Medicine was Destroyed in 1910

The Move that Changed the Health and Wellbeing Industry I am now 68 and over the years I have relied upon alternative medical solutions for almost all my health problems. A change in diet, herbs, vitamins, minerals and lots of exercise ended up being almost all the medicine I ever needed! In 2010, when I was 61, I cured myself of arthritis with vitamins and minerals alone. I had suffered since I was in my 20s. My doctors said arthritis was not curable, but Western medicine was wrong about arthritis. After that simple cure, I quit suffering, became skeptical, and started to research the history of medicine in North America. What I discovered is astonishing! From a young age, I was fascinated by medical technology. […] Read More

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Rockefeller Medicine Men Medicine and Capitalism in America

Preface When Rockefeller Medicine Men was first published in 1979, it proved to be a controversial work. In reviewing histories of medicine from 1962 to 1982, Ronald L. Numbers called it “the most controversial medical history of the past decade.”‘ This reprinting of the book provides an opportunity to respond to some of the book’s critics as part of a continuing dialogue about the issues it raises. Part of the controversy generated by the book comes from its social-historical approach to medicine. The growing body of social histories of health care challenges the “great physician” perspective that for so long has dominated the history of medicine.2 Some are dismayed by this new approach to health care, particularly when it involves a critical examination of the […] Read More