Nature's path : a history of naturopathic healing in America / Susan E. Cayleff.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

x, 397 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Following nature's path and botanic healing -- Spokes of a wheel : the healing systems of naturopathy -- "Nature takes the right road" : naturopathic philosophy -- Louisa Stroebele Lust, Benedict Lust, and their Yungborn sanatorium -- Women, naturopathy, and power -- Culture wars : ideology, social trends and competition for clients -- Medical monsters : vivisection and vaccination -- Legal battles : democracy or autocracy? -- Professionalizing and defining the nature cure -- Deepening divides, 1945-1969 -- The 1970s and beyond : cultural critique and holistic health.

Includes bibliographical references and index.