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Quackery

- A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Af: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen Engelsk Hardback

Quackery

- A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Af: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen Engelsk Hardback
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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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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.


 
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9780761189817
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0761189815
Kategori: Medicinsk historie
Udg. Dato: 17 okt 2017
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 159mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Workman Publishing
Oplagsdato: 17 okt 2017
Forfatter(e): Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
Forfatter(e) Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen


Kategori Medicinsk historie


ISBN-13 9780761189817


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 159mm


Højde 210mm


Udg. Dato 17 okt 2017


Oplagsdato 17 okt 2017


Forlag Workman Publishing

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