Quackery : a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything
Kang, Lydia2017
Books, Manuscripts
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 humour, 'Quackery' recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices.
Main title:
Quackery : a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything / Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen.
Author:
Kang, Lydia, authorPedersen, Nate, author
Imprint:
New York : Workman, 2017.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780761189817 (hbk)
Dewey class:
615.856
LC class:
R730
Local class:
615.856
Language:
English
BRN:
2118003