Quackery: A Brief History Of The Worst Ways To Cure Everything
by Lydia Kang /
2017 / English / EPUB
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What
Whatwon’t
won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty,
and the fountain of youth?
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.
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,
Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of
dark, knowing humor,Quackery
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,
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
Quackery seamlessly combines
macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an
important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of
medicine.
seamlessly combines
macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an
important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of
medicine.