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Clinical governance for complementary and alternative medicine in primary care : final report to the Department of Health and King's Fund : October 2004.

<p>In the early nineteenth century there were several rival medical systems, including Brunonianism, the system of Broussais, phrenology and homoeopathy, in addition to variations on traditional western medicine. Brunonianism, the theory of John Brown (1735-1788), regarded most illnesses as due to a deficit of stimulation, requiring treatment with medicines based on opium or alcohol. In France, François Joseph Victor Broussais (1772-1838) proposed a theory of irritability which was to be controlled by purging and especially bloodletting. Brown acquired a European reputation, especially after his death. Broussais tried to ridicule Brown and his followers in many of his verbose writings. The short-lived success of their competing systems illustrates the fatal attractiveness of over-simple theories. This drawing, probably by a French or German hand, shows a battle between the rival partisans of Brown (on the left) and Broussais (on the right): they are identified by military standards (flags) inscribed "Brown" (left) and "Broussai<s>" (right)</p>

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 35.4 x 45.2 cm

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

1 print : lithograph, printed on blue ; sheet 42 x 29.6 cm

The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in, an illustration by Ingram Pinn; an advertisement for a meeting in Berlin about HIV and homeopathy by Dr Karin Bandelin and Dr Almut Gestrich on 26 October 1993 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1993.

Grants oddities

A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

Morality of modern medicine-mongers. Dedicated to the husbands, fathers, and brothers, of England, and also to the societies for the prevention of vice

A doctor who writes books of sexual advice talking to his cynical publisher. Coloured lithograph, 1852.

Papers of A. S. Blundell Bankart, relating to his career in orthopaedic surgery 1906-1951.

Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (1879-1951)

xxviii, 636 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Fundamentals of complementary and integrative medicine / [edited by] Marc S. Micozzi ; with foreword by C. Everett Koop.

Overcoming common problems.

Overcoming common problems

134 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.

Coping successfully with pain / Neville Shone.

183 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm

Myth and reality of lesser known systems of medicines / by V. Krishnamurthy.

Medical Heritage Library

xxiii, 1 unnumbered page, 339 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, frontispiece, portrait ; 23 cm

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Clinical governance for complementary and alternative medicine in primary care : final report to the Department of Health and King's Fund : October 2004.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

A doctor who writes books of sexual advice talking to his cynical publisher. Coloured lithograph, 1852.

Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (1879-1951)

Fundamentals of complementary and integrative medicine / [edited by] Marc S. Micozzi ; with foreword by C. Everett Koop.

Coping successfully with pain / Neville Shone.

Myth and reality of lesser known systems of medicines / by V. Krishnamurthy.

Organon of medicine / by Samuel Hahnemann ; translated from the fifth German edition, by R. E. Dudgeon.

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Clinical governance for complementary and alternative medicine in primary care : final report to the Department of Health and King's Fund : October 2004.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

A doctor who writes books of sexual advice talking to his cynical publisher. Coloured lithograph, 1852.

Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (1879-1951)

Fundamentals of complementary and integrative medicine / [edited by] Marc S. Micozzi ; with foreword by C. Everett Koop.

Coping successfully with pain / Neville Shone.

Myth and reality of lesser known systems of medicines / by V. Krishnamurthy.

Organon of medicine / by Samuel Hahnemann ; translated from the fifth German edition, by R. E. Dudgeon.

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