Herbal Diplomats: The Contribution of Early American Nurses (1830-1860) to 19th Century Health Care Reform and the Botanical Medical Movement. 
Author: Martha Libster, Ph.D.,R.N. 
(Hard Cover, 386 pages and 16 pages of color illustrations) 
[Recipient of the prestigious 2005 Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing. Awarded by the AAHN (American Association for the History of Nursing)] 
During the early and mid-19th century, Americans not only explored their new found political and religious freedom, they experimented extensively with health freedom and self-care, in particular the use of healing herbs. The American Botanical Medical Movement of the 1830’s – 1860’s influenced emerging American culture and was a defining time in the nation's health care history; however the histories of the Botanical Movement have been written only of the male leadership. Herbal Diplomats is the first book to explore the healing and caring role of American women nurses during the Botanical Medical Movement. The contributions of three communities’ nurses to the development of American botanical therapies are highlighted. Included are the Shaker infirmary/community nurses, the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) pioneer nurses and midwives, and the Daughters of Charity hospital nurses. This fascinating, descriptive history reveals the autonomy, herbal expertise, and cultural diplomacy of women nurses of the period.

Herbal Diplomats

Libster, Martha M.

Golden Apple Publications

Enlightened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses. Throughout history nurses have been innovators in health reform creating models of safe and accessible health care for all. Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity nurses in the 19th century who sustained a centuries-old holistic healing tradition of their French predecessors in caring for the poor, sick, and mentally ill. Martha Mathews Libster and Sister Betty Ann McNeil give us an intimate portrait of one Sister in particular, Sister-Nurse Matilda Coskery, who during her 39-year nursing career from 1831 until 1870, partnered with medical consultants to create hospitals, clinical training programs for medical students, treatment programs, and standards of nursing care which earned her the distinction by physicians, nurses, and the public as an "oracle" in nursing care, particularly of the mentally ill. Sister Matilda documented her expertise in a textbook for her students which she titled "Advices Concerning the Sick". This masterful treatise on the science and "blessed art" of nursing pre-dating Notes On Nursing by Florence Nightingale is published here in its entirety for the first time in the history of American nursing with commentary by the authors. In its impeccable scholarship, Enlightened Charity repeals the myths about early nurses and documents why Sister Matilda and the Sisters of Charity were models for professional nursing in the nineteenth century. The Sisters' values of humility, simplicity, and charity and their intentional devotion to the spiritual as well as the physical needs of patients propelled them into a judicious, science-based care that won them national and international acclaim- though they did not seek it. Highlights of Enlightened Charity ~ • Includes the full text of a never-before-published nursing fundamentals book, "Advices Concerning the Sick", which predates Nightingale's Notes on Nursing. • Examines the role of early nurses as innovators in health reform. • Defines the evidence-based practice and critical thinking of 19th-century nurses. • Documents the traditions and historical origins of holistic nursing. • Depicts formal nursing education from 1633-1870. • Details the entrepreneurial leadership skills and successful nurse-physician collaboration of the Sisters of Charity nurses. • Portrays the foundations of American psychiatric nursing and the pioneering work of Sister Matilda in the care of the mentally ill. • Clarifies nursing's historical connections with women in religious life. • Reveals the Sisters of Charity's enlightened approach to patient care and the power of nurses' simple acts of kindness and charity. Enlightened Charity is suggested for the following courses: • Nursing and Women's History • Fundamentals in Nursing • Professional Issues in Nursing • Leadership and Management • Psychiatric Nursing • Holistic Nursing • Religious History • Philosophy and Theory in Nursing

Enlightened Charity

McNeil, Betty Ann

Religion & Spirituality

Science of Energy Flow® : Foot Reflexology with Herbal Stress Relief,SEF a new book by award-winning author Dr. Martha Mathews Libster, is a step-by-step guide for learning touch and visualization techniques for activating energy fields in the feet that correspond to the entire body and its systems. SEF is more than a simple foot massage. SEF incorporates the ancient healing traditions of foot reflexology, footbath ablution, and soothing herbal oils and wraps with new scientific understanding of ways to affect whole person healing through the hologram in the feet. SEF is a gentle but powerful remedy grounded in time-honored healing practices and contemporary scientific research that activates your divine blueprint for wholeness, body memory, and healing of body, mind and spirit. After reading this book, you will never perceive your feet in the same way again. You will have a new under-standing!

Science of Energy Flow

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Gentle Medicine for Balance in Body and Peace of Mind guides you through the Elements of Care best Self-care program that will gently guide you to make the most informed and affordable health choices for your unique energetic health patterns. Create Balance in Body and Peace of Mind. Discover the Energetics of Your Health Patterns. Design Your Gentle Medicine Self-care Plan with Precision Plant Partnership. Make Simple Herbal Remedies. Become the Five Elements of Climate Change. Explore peacemaking and the Way of the Thornless Rose. Experience 15 Mindfulness Self-Studies to Make Affordable Informed Health Choices.Navigate common health concerns, life transitions and stress, opportunities for personal growth, and climate change from the comfort of your home and garden.

Gentle Medicine for Balance in Body and Peace of Mind

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