A Guide to Alternative Medicine

This is a concise guide tothe bewilderin gvariety of "alternative" therapies which are available today. Some, like acupuncture and osteopathy, are gradually becoming respected and used by orthodx medical practitioners. Others have still to find official acceptance, yet have wide followings and often long and distinguished histories. Any treatment which aims to heal - to make people whole - is worth unbiased consideration. Here, sixty therapies are described and cross-referenced - helping the layman to fnid an approach which he find sympathetic. Also included are a short history of medicine, a discussion of the are of healing, a bibliography and a list of addresses for further information.