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A Physician's Diary: Case Histories of Hope and Healing with Edgar Cayce's and Other Natural Remedies
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November 27, 2020
This book is purportedly a book on Edgar Cayce and other naturopathic medicinal treatment types, but would be more aptly seen as a memoir of the author's own medical journey into the naturopathic practice. The second half of the book outlines numerous cases that the author solves, each of which present failures of Western medical scientific practice, but is solved using a holistic approach. These stories are short and read well. It appears that the author was genuinely able to help numerous people who had not achieved the necessary help with other physicians.
While a positive acclamation of naturopathic practices is fine, this book reads much more as self-acclaimed plaudits for her own growth as a doctor in an environment of purely Western practices.
The book begins with a description of herself as a 12 year old girl who selects her Christian beliefs after reading the entire Bible, the Book of Mormon, some of the Christian Scientist's Science and Health writings, attends Jewish services, and eventually joins a Presbyterian Church. Even if one grants that she is precocious, this reads much more like adult glorification of childhood decisions, and does not read as remotely credible to me. The book's focus on her achieving self continues as the author eventually contends with the forces of Western medicine in medical school, which she rises above in her own practice.
While a positive acclamation of naturopathic practices is fine, this book reads much more as self-acclaimed plaudits for her own growth as a doctor in an environment of purely Western practices.
The book begins with a description of herself as a 12 year old girl who selects her Christian beliefs after reading the entire Bible, the Book of Mormon, some of the Christian Scientist's Science and Health writings, attends Jewish services, and eventually joins a Presbyterian Church. Even if one grants that she is precocious, this reads much more like adult glorification of childhood decisions, and does not read as remotely credible to me. The book's focus on her achieving self continues as the author eventually contends with the forces of Western medicine in medical school, which she rises above in her own practice.
July 23, 2022
Dana shares her personal story of finding answers in the realm of holistic healing, while on a conventional medical school journey. Her tenacity and courage amidst a tough crowd of traditional western medicine follow her into the realm of alternative medicine, when she decides to study the Cayce-style approach to wholeness.
She shares case studies of patients along the way and her intuitive assessments and support in their emotional disturbances, fears and grief, helping them to connect the dots between mind, body and spirit.
She shares case studies of patients along the way and her intuitive assessments and support in their emotional disturbances, fears and grief, helping them to connect the dots between mind, body and spirit.
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