The Origins of Integrative Medicine—The First True Integrators: The Postwar Years and the Zenith of Alternative Medicine

摘要

By the early 1950s, natural healing—an alternative to conventional medicine practiced by chiropractors and naturopaths—reached its peak. Practitioners were spread throughout the United States, and their common philosophy was based on a belief in the vital force—the inherent healing power within all of us. The leadership of W. A. Budden and Robert V. Carroll was critical to the professional growth of natural healing from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. They led a professionalization movement within natural healing that brought these practitioners to the peak that was reached in the post-World War II United States.