Wrobel, Arthur. <br/><br/>
Pseudo-Science and Society in 19th-Century America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (254 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Robert H. Collyer's Technology of the Soul -- 3. "Nervous Disease" and Electric Medicine -- 4. Hydropathy, or the Water-Cure -- 5. Andrew Jackson Davis and Spiritualism -- 6. Phrenology as Political Science -- 7. Sexuality and the Pseudo-Sciences -- 8. Washington Irving and Homoeopathy -- 9. Sculpture and the Expressive Mechanism -- 10. Mesmerism and the Birth of Psychology -- 11. Afterword -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813165035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alternative medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.<br/>Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.<br/>United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R733.P78 1987eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.5