
Are You Afraid of Snakes? A Doctor's Exploration of Alternative Medicine
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Description
The author, an infectious disease specialist and co-author of the best-selling Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, describes his 5-year medical journey from Africa to Appalachia, as he encounters many alternative approaches to medicine (voodoo, naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, hot yoga, barefoot running, performance enhancing drinks, titanium necklaces, magnets, hypnosis, detoxification diets, and ayurvedic medicine).
Dr. Mahan relates his personal and often humorous experiences in the dual worlds of alternative and Western medicine, offering an unbiased analysis and opinion of the differing approaches to medicine.
Author(s)
C. Scott Mahan, M.D.
C. Scott Mahan, M.D. is Division Head of Infectious Disease at Charles George VA in Asheville, NC.
Details
Pages: 257
Publication: Edition 1 (January 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781935660262
Table of contents
Chapter 1. My Early Exposure to "Alternative Medicine"
Chapter 2. What Ails Me
Chapter 3. Checking Under the Hood - My Initial Check-up
Chapter 4. Heal Thyself - Naturopathy and Homeopathy
Chapter 5. Oh My Aching Back - Chiropractor
Chapter 6. Flu Shots for the Boys - Mainstream Medicine
Chapter 7. Scott the Porcupine - Acupuncture
Chapter 8. Is this Hell? Hot Yoga
Chapter 9. At One with the Earth - Barefoot Running
Chapter 10. I Kneed Some Help - Orthopedics
Chapter 11. Give me the Beet - Performance Enhancing Drinks
Chapter 12. Stroke it Like Derek Jeter - Titanium Necklaces
Chapter 13. Magnets to the Rescue
Chapter 14. You Are Becoming Very Sleepy - Hypnosis
Chapter 15. The Cleanse (Not so Simple) - Detoxification Diets
Chapter 16. Don't Touch My Dosha - Ayurvedic Medicine