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Kang, Lydia, author.
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Quacks and quackery -- History.
Medicine -- History.
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Quackery : a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything / Lydia Kang, MD ; Nate Pedersen.
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Kang, Lydia, author.
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Quacks and quackery -- History.
Medicine -- History.
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9780761189817
0761189815
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viii, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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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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