Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything
(Book)
Author:
Contributors:
Pedersen, Nate, author.
Published:
New York : Workman Publishing, [2017].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
viii, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Status:
MCPLD Central Non-Fiction
615.8 K16q
Description
"What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine--yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison--was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious "treatments"--conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)--that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine"--
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780761189817, 0761189815
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine--yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison--was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious "treatments"--conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)--that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Kang, L., & Pedersen, N. (2017). Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. New York, Workman Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kang, Lydia and Nate, Pedersen. 2017. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. New York, Workman Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kang, Lydia and Nate, Pedersen, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. New York, Workman Publishing, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. New York, Workman Publishing, 2017.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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