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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Lydia Kang

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Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When snorting skull moss was a cure for a bloody nose. When consuming mail-order tapeworms was a latter-day fad diet. Or when snake oil salesmen peddled strychnine (used in rat poison) as an aphrodisiac in the '60s. Seamlessly combining macabre humor with hard science and compelling storytelling, Quackery is a visually rich and information-packed exploration of history's most outlandish cures, experiments, and scams.

A humorous book that delves into some of the wacky but true ways that humans have looked to cure their ills. Leeches, mercury, strychnine, and lobotomies are a few of the topics that explore the lengths society has gone in the search for health.

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Pages:: 344 pages

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Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0761189815

ISBN13:: 9780761189817

kindle Asin:: B06XDX2X15

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Lydia Kang

4.00/5 (7171 ratings)

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Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When snorting skull moss was a cure for a bloody nose. When consuming mail-order tapeworms was a latter-day fad diet. Or when snake oil salesmen peddled strychnine (used in rat poison) as an aphrodisiac in the '60s. Seamlessly combining macabre humor with hard science and compelling storytelling, Quackery is a visually rich and information-packed exploration of history's most outlandish cures, experiments, and scams.

A humorous book that delves into some of the wacky but true ways that humans have looked to cure their ills. Leeches, mercury, strychnine, and lobotomies are a few of the topics that explore the lengths society has gone in the search for health.

Format:

Pages:: 344 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0761189815

ISBN13:: 9780761189817

kindle Asin:: B06XDX2X15

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