eclectic medicine
English
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Etymology
[edit]Coined by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1784–1841), a physician who lived among the Native Americans and observed their use of medicinal plants.
Noun
[edit]eclectic medicine (uncountable)
- (historical) A branch of American medicine that made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.