• Perez Home
• Foreword
• Biographical Sketch- Jose Perez
• Table of Contents
•     A Day in the Hospital
•     The Allergist
•     The Alternative Practitioner
•     The Anesthesiologist
•     The Bureaucrats of Medicine
•     The Chiropractor
•     The Dentist
•     The Dermatologist
•     The Emergency Room
•     The Family Practitioner
•     The Internist
•     The Neurologist
•     The Nurse
•     The Obstetrician
•     The Opthalmologist
•     The Orthopedist
•     The Otorhinolaryngologist
•     The Pathologist
•     The Pediatrician
•     The Pharmcologist
•     The Plastic Surgeon
•     The Podiatrist
•     The Psychiatrist
•     The Public Health Doctor
•     The Radiologist
•     The Surgeon
•     The Urologist
•     The Veterinarian
•     A Day in Court
• Sketches in Pencil

The Alternative Practitioner

The Alternative Practitioner by Jose Perez
(Oil on Canvas, 24 in x 30 in, 61.5 cm x 77 cm)

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Alternative medicine is a recently popular, politically correct term that refers to all those methods of treatment which fall outside the blessing of conventional medicine. Mainstream medicine has lagged light-years behind its patients in recognizing the worth of many of these unconventional treatments. And practitioners have only recently been dragged, kicking and screaming, to the point of acknowledging their potential value.

This painting shows a rather senior citizen who looks as if he could win his age group at the New York Marathon. He seems perfectly at ease as the numerous alternative practitioners minister to his needs. Acupuncture, biofeedback, vitamin therapy, reflexology, visualization, homeopathy, divine intervention, meditation, and therapeutic touch are all part of this canvas scene, just as they are a part of our world of medicine, from Zaire to Peking, from Paris to New York.