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Quackery

A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
By Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen
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Quackery takes readers on a fascinating journey through the bizarre and often alarming history of medical treatments. From paralysing jolts induced by strychnine-laced enemas to mercury-laden pills and goat-testicle implants, this book uncovers 67 of medicine's most outrageous experiments. Explore why these peculiar cures were once accepted and how they ultimately fell out of favour, revealing surprising insights even in recent times.
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A tour of medicine's most outlandish misfires, Quackery dives into 35 "treatments", exploring their various uses and why they thankfully fell out of favour - some more recently than you might think.

Journey back to a time when doctors tried to jolt your paralysed muscles awake with a strychnine laced enema. When a physician wrote you a prescription for the mercury base "Thunderclapper" pill to relieve your constipation. When you attempted to soothe your arthritic joints with a trip to a uranium mine.

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Journey back to a time when doctors tried to jolt your paralysed muscles awake with a strychnine-laced enema. When a physician wrote you a prescription for the mercury-based 'Thunderclapper' pill to relieve your constipation. When surgeons promised to improve your virility with goat-testicle implants.

A tour of medicine’s most outlandish misfires, Quackery dives into 67 'treatments,' exploring their various uses and why they thankfully fell out of favour – some more recently than you might think.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780761189817

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 October 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Workman Adult

Illustration: 4-C illustrations & photos thr

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 352

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Lydia Kang, M.D., is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction. Her YA novels include Control, Catalyst, and the upcoming The November Girl. She has gained a reputation as a medical consultant for fiction authors and teaches writers how to accurately maim their literary victims on her blog series, Medical Mondays. Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including The Guardian, The Believer, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Art of Manliness.

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