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'''Gladys (née Taylor) McGarey''' (born November 30, 1920) a holistic physician and missionary, is the daughter of two medical missionaries in India. Over her career, McGarey has promoted better childbirth practices, holistic medicine, and acupuncture through her medical practice, speeches, and books. She co-founded the [[American Holistic Medical Association]] in 1978 and served as its president and co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine. She was the president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners.
'''Gladys (née Taylor) McGarey''' (born November 30, 1920) a holistic physician and medical activist, is the daughter of two medical missionaries in India. Over her career, McGarey has promoted better childbirth practices, holistic medicine, and acupuncture through her medical practice, speeches, and books. She co-founded the [[American Holistic Medical Association]] in 1978 and served as its president. She also co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, and she served as president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners.


McGarey has been awarded medical and lifetime achievement awards over the course of her life, including being honored as a Pioneer of Holistic Medicine by the American Holistic Medical Association and being inducted into the [[Arizona Women's Hall of Fame]].
McGarey has been awarded medical and lifetime achievement awards over the course of her life, including being honored as a Pioneer of Holistic Medicine by the American Holistic Medical Association and being inducted into the [[Arizona Women's Hall of Fame]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Fatehgarh]], India on November 30, 1920, Gladys Louise Taylor is the fourth child of Dr. John Taylor<ref>{{citation |title=Gladys Louise Taylor, born November 30, 1920, Consular Reports of Birth, 1910–1949. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59 | publisher=The National Archives | location= Washington D.C. | via=ancestry.com}}</ref><ref name="CP - Team" /> and Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Taylor,{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} two Reformed Presbyterian Church missionaries who traveled to remote areas of India to deliver medical care.<ref name="CP - Team">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1947 |title=Husband and Wife Medical Team Prepare Here for Work in India |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-husband-and-wife-med/142516966/ |first1=Jerry |last1=Ransohoff |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=The Cincinnati Post |page=3}}</ref><ref name="AWHF" /> Her mother was one of the world's first female medical physicians.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} Her father was also an ordained minister.<ref name="JT obit" />
Born in [[Fatehgarh]], India on November 30, 1920, Gladys Louise Taylor is the fourth child of Dr. John Taylor<ref>{{citation |title=Gladys Louise Taylor, born November 30, 1920, Consular Reports of Birth, 1910–1949. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59 | publisher=The National Archives | location= Washington D.C. | via=ancestry.com}}</ref><ref name="CP - Team" /> and Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Taylor,{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} two Reformed Presbyterian Church missionaries who traveled to remote areas of India to deliver medical care.<ref name="CP - Team">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1947 |title=Husband and Wife Medical Team Prepare Here for Work in India |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-husband-and-wife-med/142516966/ |first1=Jerry |last1=Ransohoff |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=The Cincinnati Post |page=3}}</ref><ref name="AWHF" /> Her mother was one of the world's first female osteopathic physicians.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} Her father was also an ordained minister in addition to being an osteopathic physician himself.<ref name="JT obit">{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1973 |title=Obituary for John C. Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-obituary-for-john-c-ta/142534670/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Arizona Republic |pages=63}}</ref>


Her parents left the [[Cincinnati]], Ohio for India in 1914 and settled north of New Delhi in [[Mussoorie]].{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} They each had their own treatment tents. Her father's tent was in the jungle. They offered free medical care to all people, regardless of [[Caste system in India|caste]], and many of their patients were children of parents with [[Hansen's disease]], also known as leprosy.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} During the conflict-ridden period after the [[Partition of India]], the Taylors treated the injured, prevented the spread of disease through immunizations, and buried the dead. Their work was recognized by [[Mahatma Gandhi]].{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}} John and Beth were missionaries in India until 1967. After John retired they founded a home for the children of people with Hansen's disease.<ref name="JT obit">{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1973 |title=Obituary for John C. Taylor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-obituary-for-john-c-ta/142534670/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Arizona Republic |pages=63}}</ref> Towards the end of his life, John published ''India—Dr. John Taylor Remembers''.<ref name="JT obit" /> Beth died in 1970 and John followed in 1973.<ref name="JT obit" />
Her parents left [[Cincinnati]], Ohio for India in 1914 and settled in the Reformed Presbyterian mission village and compound north of New Delhi in [[Roorkee]].{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} They provided all sorts of medical care, moving their treatment tents about every two weeks through the wild jungles of North India, moving their family with them. They offered free medical care to all people, regardless of [[Caste system in India|caste]], and many of their patients were children of parents with [[Hansen's disease]], also known as leprosy.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=7}} Midway through their time in India, they founded a home for the children of people with Hansen's disease.<ref name="JT obit" /> During the conflict-ridden period after the [[Partition of India]], the Taylors treated the injured, prevented the spread of disease through immunizations, and buried the dead. Their work was recognized by [[Mahatma Gandhi]].{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}} John and Beth were missionaries in India until 1967. Towards the end of his life, John published ''India—Dr. John Taylor Remembers''.<ref name="JT obit" /> Beth died in 1970 and John followed in 1973.<ref name="JT obit" />


Taylor had a sister, Margaret, and three brothers, John, [[Carl E. Taylor|Carl]], and Gordon.<ref name="CP - Team" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=7–8}}{{efn|Her brothers John, Carl, and Gordon, were dental, medical, and religious missionaries in India.<ref name="CP - Team" />}} She studied at the [[Woodstock School]] in India.<ref name="CP - Team" />
Taylor had a sister, Margaret, and three brothers, John, [[Carl E. Taylor|Carl]], and Gordon.<ref name="CP - Team" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=7–8}}{{efn|Her brothers John, Carl, and Gordon, were dental, medical, and religious missionaries in India.<ref name="CP - Team" />}} She studied at the [[Woodstock School]] in India.<ref name="CP - Team" />


==Medical school and internship==
==Medical school and internship==
In 1935, Taylor came to the United States where she studied and graduated from the [[Muskingum University]] in [[New Concord, Ohio]], and then [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]] in Philadelphia.<ref name="CP - Team" /><ref name="AWHF">{{Cite web |title=Inducted Women: Gladys McGarey |url=https://www.azwhf.org/inducted-women-by-name |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) |language=en}}</ref> She also received additional training in obstetrics and gynecology.<ref name="CP - Team" /> Taylor interned at the [[Deaconess Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Deaconess Hospital]] in Cincinnati in 1946.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=8}} She was the lone woman among male interns.<ref name="AWHF" />
In 1935, Taylor came to the United States where she studied and graduated from [[Muskingum University]] in [[New Concord, Ohio]], and then received her medical degree from [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]] in Philadelphia.<ref name="CP - Team" /><ref name="AWHF">{{Cite web |title=Inducted Women: Gladys McGarey |url=https://www.azwhf.org/inducted-women-by-name |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) |language=en}}</ref> Taylor interned at the [[Deaconess Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Deaconess Hospital]] in Cincinnati in 1946.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=8}} During her first year, she was the lone woman among male interns.<ref name="AWHF" />


==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
Gladys Taylor met and four years later<ref name="CP - Team" /> on December 23, 1943,{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=8}} married William McGarey at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], becoming Gladys McGarey. Both passed their Ohio Medical Board examinations in June 1947 and intended to be missionaries.<ref name="CP - Team" /><ref name="AWHF" />{{efn|Their intention at the time was to run a church-supported hospital and improve the care of poor and malnurished people, treat tropical diseases, and improve childbirth practices.<ref name="CP - Team" />}} In 1947, William, a graduate of the [[College of the Ozarks]], was a surgery resident at the Cincinnati General Hospital.<ref name="CP - Team" />
Gladys Taylor met and four years later<ref name="CP - Team" /> on December 20, 1943,{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=8}} married William McGarey at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], becoming Gladys McGarey. Both passed their Ohio Medical Board examinations in June 1947 and intended to be missionaries.<ref name="CP - Team" /><ref name="AWHF" />{{efn|Their intention at the time was to run a church-supported hospital and improve the care of poor and malnurished people, treat tropical diseases, and improve childbirth practices.<ref name="CP - Team" />}} In 1947, William, a graduate of the [[College of the Ozarks]], was a medical resident at the Cincinnati General Hospital.<ref name="CP - Team" />


They had six children,<ref name="AWHF" /> three of whom —Carl, John, and Bob — were born before she completed her internship. They then had two daughters Helena and Analea and a son David.{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=9–10}} Analea (1949-2007), who died of breast cancer aged 58,<ref>{{cite web |title=Analea McGarey Obituary | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/analea-mcgarey-obituary?id=8861047 |publisher=The Arizona Republic |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> wrote the book ''Born to Heal'' about her mother.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=9}}
They had six children,<ref name="AWHF" /> two of whom —Carl and John — were born before she completed her internship. They then had two children — Anne (who later changed her name to Analea) and Bob — while they were still in Ohio, and two more children — Helene and David — after moving to the Phoenix, Arizona area.{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=9–10}} Analea wrote the book ''Born to Heal'' about her mother.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=9}}

They divorced when she was 70, after 46 years of marriage. She considers the divorce the hardest thing she has ever faced, harder than two bouts of cancer she went through in her 30s and 90s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cocozza |first1=Paula |title=A new start after 60: I was devastated by divorce at 70. But at 102, I know the secrets of a well-lived life |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/05/a-new-start-after-60-i-was-devastated-by-divorce-at-70-but-at-102-i-know-the-secrets-of-a-well-lived-life |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>


William McGarey died on November 3, 2008. His medical career was much like his wife's; he practiced holistic medicine and acupuncture, was co-founder of holistic and other medical organizations, incorporated Cayce's medical theories into his practice, and was an author. His residence was in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2008 |title=Obituary for William A. McGarey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-obituary-for-william-a/142536884/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Arizona Republic |pages=38}}</ref>
William McGarey died on November 3, 2008. His medical career was much like his wife's; he practiced holistic medicine and acupuncture, was co-founder of holistic and other medical organizations, incorporated Cayce's medical theories into his practice, and was an author. His residence was in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2008 |title=Obituary for William A. McGarey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-obituary-for-william-a/142536884/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Arizona Republic |pages=38}}</ref>


==Medical practice==
==Medical practice==
She specialized and became board-certified in Holistic and Integrated Medicine, believing in holistic approach to medicine through the "interconnectedness of all aspects [of a person] – body, mind, emotions, spirit" as opposed to the general practice of issuing prescriptions to treat disease and injuries.<ref name="AWHF" />
She specialized and became board-certified in Holistic and Integrated Medicine, believing in a holistic approach to medicine through the "interconnectedness of all aspects [of a person] – body, mind, emotions, spirit" as opposed to the general practice of issuing prescriptions to treat disease and injuries.<ref name="AWHF" />


McGarey and William opened a medical practice in [[Wellsville, Ohio]] after she completed her internship. In 1952, William was drafted and was stationed at an [[Luke Air Force Base]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=9}} Three years later, the family of six moved to Phoenix, where William worked at a county hospital.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=9}}
McGarey and William opened a medical practice in [[Wellsville, Ohio]] after she completed her internship. In 1952, William was drafted and was stationed Topeka, Kansas. Three years later, the family of six moved to Phoenix, where William worked at a county hospital.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=9}}


For 60 years, she operated a family practice where she focused on prevention and wellness,<ref name="AWHF" /> including some of [[Edgar Cayce#1923–1925: Dayton period|Edgar Cayce's]] beliefs about living a health lifestyle through diet, nutrition, and being wellness-centered. She said, "Unless our primary
For 60 years, she operated a family practice where she focused on prevention and wellness,<ref name="AWHF" /> including some of [[Edgar Cayce#1923–1925: Dayton period|Edgar Cayce's]] beliefs about living a health lifestyle through diet, nutrition, and being wellness-centered. She said, "Unless our primary
focus is toward enhancing life rather than
focus is toward enhancing life rather than
simply killing diseases, we will not really
simply killing diseases, we will not really
understand where healing comes from."{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=9–10}} She introduced the [[mind, body, spirit]] approach to healing, as well as prayer and meditation, to treat her patients.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}} McGarey spoke at [[Association for Research and Enlightenment]] (ARE) events.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}}
understand where healing comes from."{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=9–10}} She introduced the [[mind, body, spirit]] approach to healing, as well as prayer and meditation, to treat her patients.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}} McGarey spoke at many [[Association for Research and Enlightenment]] (ARE) events.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=10}}


She was the first medical physician to use acupuncture to treat her patients.<ref name="AWHF" /> In addition to teaching, she has written books and delivered speeches about natural childbirth and acupuncture.<ref name="AWHF" />
She helped introduce acupuncture to the U.S. and was one of the first medical physician to use acupuncture to treat her patients.<ref name="AWHF" /> In addition to teaching, she has written books and delivered speeches about natural childbirth and acupuncture.<ref name="AWHF" />


McGarey sought to integrate holistic practices within traditional medical practice in other countries. She conducted scientific research and education through the organization that she founded, Gladys Taylor McGarey Foundation,<ref name="AWHF" /> in 1989. The foundation's activities include education of the integraton of holistic medical practices with traditional medical care, including childbirth, humanitarian efforts, and patient awareness.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=12}} The foundation was recognized in 2008 for their work at [[University of Arizona]] Medical School where they taught the ways in which integrative medicine improves patient's recovery.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=12}}{{efn|There are two Colleges of Medicine at University of Arizona, [[University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson|UA College of Medicine - Tucson]] and [[University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix|UA College of Medicine - Phoenix]].}} In 2009, McGarey responded to President [[Barack Obama]]'s request to identify the ways in which the health care system in the United States could be improved. Her response was based upon the feedback of a symposium she conducted in May 2009 with 35 Alternative Medicine physicians.{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=4, 12–13}}
McGarey sought to integrate holistic practices within traditional medical practice in other countries. She conducted scientific research and education through the organization that she founded in 1989, Gladys Taylor McGarey Foundation,<ref name="AWHF" /> now known as The Foundation for Living Medicine. The foundation's activities include education of the integraton of holistic medical practices with traditional medical care, including childbirth, humanitarian efforts, and patient awareness.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=12}} The foundation was recognized in 2008 for their work at [[University of Arizona]] Medical School where they taught the ways in which integrative medicine improves patient's recovery.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=12}}{{efn|There are two Colleges of Medicine at University of Arizona, [[University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson|UA College of Medicine - Tucson]] and [[University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix|UA College of Medicine - Phoenix]].}} In 2009, McGarey responded to President [[Barack Obama]]'s request to identify the ways in which the health care system in the United States could be improved. Her response was based upon the feedback of a symposium she conducted in May 2009 with 35 Alternative Medicine physicians.{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=4, 12–13}}


McGarey provided humanitarian aid in Tibet, India, and other countries. Her approach was to integrate new treatment practices with traditional healing practices used in rural communities.<ref name="AWHF" />
McGarey provided humanitarian aid in Tibet, India, and other countries. Her approach was to integrate new treatment practices with traditional healing practices used in rural communities and elsewhere.<ref name="AWHF" />


She joined her brother [[Carl E. Taylor]], founding chair of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on a humanitarian medical operation in Afghanistan after he told her that Afghanistan had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}} In Afghanistan, McGarey taught women how to take care of themselves while pregnant, including diet and nutrition, and childbirth practices that reduced infant mortality 47% in the rural areas that she visited. <ref name="AWHF" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}}
She joined her brother [[Carl E. Taylor]] — founding chair of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — on a humanitarian medical operation in Afghanistan after he told her that Afghanistan had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}} In Afghanistan, McGarey taught women how to take care of themselves while pregnant, including diet and nutrition, and childbirth practices that reduced infant mortality 47% in the rural areas that she visited. <ref name="AWHF" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}}


McGarey, her husband, Evarts Loomis, Gerald Looney, C. Norm Shealy, and co-founded the [[American Holistic Medical Association]]{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=10–11}} in 1978 and served as its vice president and president.<ref name="AWHF" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}} They decided to spell holistic with an "h" rather than a "w" because the Anglo Saxon world "hal" was the root word for "holy," "health" and "healing".{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}}
McGarey, her husband William, Evarts Loomis, Gerald Looney, and C. Norm Shealy, co-founded the [[American Holistic Medical Association]]{{sfn|Powers|2010|pp=10–11}} in 1978 and McGarey served as its vice president and president.<ref name="AWHF" />{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}} They decided to spell holistic with an "h" rather than a "w" because the Anglo Saxon world "hal" was the root word for "holy," "health" and "healing".{{sfn|Powers|2010|p=11}}


She has also been the president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners. Over her career, she has been known as the "Mother of Holistic Medicine". She was a co-founder of the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine.<ref name="AWHF" />
She co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine<ref name="AWHF" /> and served as president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners. Over her career, she has been known as the "Mother of Holistic Medicine".


==Honors and awards==
==Honors and awards==

Revision as of 01:26, 15 April 2024

Gladys McGarey
Born
Gladys Louise Taylor

(1920-11-30) November 30, 1920 (age 103)
Fatehgarh, India
Occupation(s)Holistic physician, educator, and writer
Years active1940s to present
Known forPromoting holistic medicine, conducting humanitarian missions, co-founding and leading medical organizations
Spouse
William A. McGarey
​
​
(m. 1943; death 2008)​
Parent(s)John and Elizabeth (née Siehl) Taylor, medical missionaries
RelativesCarl E. Taylor (brother)

Gladys (née Taylor) McGarey (born November 30, 1920) a holistic physician and medical activist, is the daughter of two medical missionaries in India. Over her career, McGarey has promoted better childbirth practices, holistic medicine, and acupuncture through her medical practice, speeches, and books. She co-founded the American Holistic Medical Association in 1978 and served as its president. She also co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, and she served as president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners.

McGarey has been awarded medical and lifetime achievement awards over the course of her life, including being honored as a Pioneer of Holistic Medicine by the American Holistic Medical Association and being inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.

Early life

Born in Fatehgarh, India on November 30, 1920, Gladys Louise Taylor is the fourth child of Dr. John Taylor[1][2] and Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Taylor,[3] two Reformed Presbyterian Church missionaries who traveled to remote areas of India to deliver medical care.[2][4] Her mother was one of the world's first female osteopathic physicians.[3] Her father was also an ordained minister in addition to being an osteopathic physician himself.[5]

Her parents left Cincinnati, Ohio for India in 1914 and settled in the Reformed Presbyterian mission village and compound north of New Delhi in Roorkee.[3] They provided all sorts of medical care, moving their treatment tents about every two weeks through the wild jungles of North India, moving their family with them. They offered free medical care to all people, regardless of caste, and many of their patients were children of parents with Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy.[3] Midway through their time in India, they founded a home for the children of people with Hansen's disease.[5] During the conflict-ridden period after the Partition of India, the Taylors treated the injured, prevented the spread of disease through immunizations, and buried the dead. Their work was recognized by Mahatma Gandhi.[6] John and Beth were missionaries in India until 1967. Towards the end of his life, John published India—Dr. John Taylor Remembers.[5] Beth died in 1970 and John followed in 1973.[5]

Taylor had a sister, Margaret, and three brothers, John, Carl, and Gordon.[2][7][a] She studied at the Woodstock School in India.[2]

Medical school and internship

In 1935, Taylor came to the United States where she studied and graduated from Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio, and then received her medical degree from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[2][4] Taylor interned at the Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati in 1946.[8] During her first year, she was the lone woman among male interns.[4]

Marriage and children

Gladys Taylor met and four years later[2] on December 20, 1943,[8] married William McGarey at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, becoming Gladys McGarey. Both passed their Ohio Medical Board examinations in June 1947 and intended to be missionaries.[2][4][b] In 1947, William, a graduate of the College of the Ozarks, was a medical resident at the Cincinnati General Hospital.[2]

They had six children,[4] two of whom —Carl and John — were born before she completed her internship. They then had two children — Anne (who later changed her name to Analea) and Bob — while they were still in Ohio, and two more children — Helene and David — after moving to the Phoenix, Arizona area.[9] Analea wrote the book Born to Heal about her mother.[10]

William McGarey died on November 3, 2008. His medical career was much like his wife's; he practiced holistic medicine and acupuncture, was co-founder of holistic and other medical organizations, incorporated Cayce's medical theories into his practice, and was an author. His residence was in Scottsdale, Arizona at the time of his death.[11]

Medical practice

She specialized and became board-certified in Holistic and Integrated Medicine, believing in a holistic approach to medicine through the "interconnectedness of all aspects [of a person] – body, mind, emotions, spirit" as opposed to the general practice of issuing prescriptions to treat disease and injuries.[4]

McGarey and William opened a medical practice in Wellsville, Ohio after she completed her internship. In 1952, William was drafted and was stationed Topeka, Kansas. Three years later, the family of six moved to Phoenix, where William worked at a county hospital.[10]

For 60 years, she operated a family practice where she focused on prevention and wellness,[4] including some of Edgar Cayce's beliefs about living a health lifestyle through diet, nutrition, and being wellness-centered. She said, "Unless our primary focus is toward enhancing life rather than simply killing diseases, we will not really understand where healing comes from."[9] She introduced the mind, body, spirit approach to healing, as well as prayer and meditation, to treat her patients.[6] McGarey spoke at many Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) events.[6]

She helped introduce acupuncture to the U.S. and was one of the first medical physician to use acupuncture to treat her patients.[4] In addition to teaching, she has written books and delivered speeches about natural childbirth and acupuncture.[4]

McGarey sought to integrate holistic practices within traditional medical practice in other countries. She conducted scientific research and education through the organization that she founded in 1989, Gladys Taylor McGarey Foundation,[4] now known as The Foundation for Living Medicine. The foundation's activities include education of the integraton of holistic medical practices with traditional medical care, including childbirth, humanitarian efforts, and patient awareness.[12] The foundation was recognized in 2008 for their work at University of Arizona Medical School where they taught the ways in which integrative medicine improves patient's recovery.[12][c] In 2009, McGarey responded to President Barack Obama's request to identify the ways in which the health care system in the United States could be improved. Her response was based upon the feedback of a symposium she conducted in May 2009 with 35 Alternative Medicine physicians.[13]

McGarey provided humanitarian aid in Tibet, India, and other countries. Her approach was to integrate new treatment practices with traditional healing practices used in rural communities and elsewhere.[4]

She joined her brother Carl E. Taylor — founding chair of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — on a humanitarian medical operation in Afghanistan after he told her that Afghanistan had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the world.[14] In Afghanistan, McGarey taught women how to take care of themselves while pregnant, including diet and nutrition, and childbirth practices that reduced infant mortality 47% in the rural areas that she visited. [4][14]

McGarey, her husband William, Evarts Loomis, Gerald Looney, and C. Norm Shealy, co-founded the American Holistic Medical Association[15] in 1978 and McGarey served as its vice president and president.[4][14] They decided to spell holistic with an "h" rather than a "w" because the Anglo Saxon world "hal" was the root word for "holy," "health" and "healing".[14]

She co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine[4] and served as president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners. Over her career, she has been known as the "Mother of Holistic Medicine".

Honors and awards

Awards in the field of medicine:[4]

  • The David Stackhouse award for pioneering excellence in Homeopathy
  • The YWCA "Tribute to Women" award in the healer category
  • The Native American Elder Award from the Phoenix Area of Indian Health Services
  • In 2003, she was honored as a Pioneer of Holistic Medicine by the American Holistic Medical Association

Other awards:[4]

  • Humanities Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind, presented by the National Committee for the Advancement of Parapsychology and Medicine
  • One of the Top Ten Arizona Women of 1993
  • The 2001 Lifetime Distinguished Service Award from Muskingum College in Ohio

Notes

  1. ^ Her brothers John, Carl, and Gordon, were dental, medical, and religious missionaries in India.[2]
  2. ^ Their intention at the time was to run a church-supported hospital and improve the care of poor and malnurished people, treat tropical diseases, and improve childbirth practices.[2]
  3. ^ There are two Colleges of Medicine at University of Arizona, UA College of Medicine - Tucson and UA College of Medicine - Phoenix.

References

  1. ^ Gladys Louise Taylor, born November 30, 1920, Consular Reports of Birth, 1910–1949. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59, Washington D.C.: The National Archives – via ancestry.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ransohoff, Jerry (27 August 1947). "Husband and Wife Medical Team Prepare Here for Work in India". The Cincinnati Post. p. 3. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Powers 2010, p. 7.
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Sources

  • Jodi Powers, ed. (July 2010). "Gladys McGarey" (PDF). Amelia Magazine: Modern Women Pioneers.

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