Rockefeller medicine men : medicine and capitalism in America

Rockefeller and homeopathy were both products of the nineteenth century. From the midnineteenth century on, homeopathy in the United States appealed primarily to the upper classes

Medical education and medical research involved much larger sums of money than hospital construction,

organization and financing of hospitals clearly provides physicians with the facilities to practice their profession and make money, and it benefits the upper-middle and upper classes by providing them with facilities consistent with their social status