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1852 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Female Medical Pioneers, Native American Herbalism, &c. Slavery and ordained pastor in theThe Eclectic Journal of Medicine sits at a fascinating crossroads in American medical history. The early 1850s were the peak years of the "Eclectic" medical movement; a reform school that arose in direct opposition to regular medicine, which was dominated by aggressive interventions like bloodletting, mercury purges (calomel), and tartar emetic. Eclectics drew heavily on botanical remedies, many derived from Native American plant knowledge, and