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Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything
Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything
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Kang, Lydia
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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Elements: prescriptions from the periodic table
Antimony
Mercury
Arsenic
Radium
Gold
The women's health hall of shame
Plants & soil: nature's gifts
Opiates
Strychnine
Tobacco
Cocaine
Alcohol
Earth
The antidotes hall of shame
Tools: slicing, dicing, dousing & draining
Bloodletting
Lobotomy
Cautery & blistering
Enemas
Hydrotherapy
Surgery
Anesthesia
The men's health hall of shame
Animals: creepy crawlies, corpses, and the healing power of the human body
Leeches
Cannibalism & corpse medicine
Animal-derived medicines
Sex
Fasting
The weight loss hall of shame
Mysterious powers: waves, rays, and curious airs
Electricity
Animal magnetism
Light
Radionics
The king's touch
The eye care hall of shame
The cancer cure hall of shame.
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Business
Health & Fitness
History
Humor
MEDICAL / History
Medicine
Medicine -- History
Quacks and quackery
Quacks and quackery -- History
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Huber, Hillary
Reader
Kang, Lydia
Author
Pedersen, Nate
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Pedersen, Nate
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ISBN
9780761189817
9781977393104
9781523501854
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