Quackery : a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything
Record details
- ISBN: 0761189815
- ISBN: 9780761189817
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Physical Description:
viii, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Elements: prescriptions from the periodic table. Antimony ; Mercury ; Arsenic ; Radium & radon ; 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 & the cold water cure ; 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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Subject: | Work Humor Medicine History Quacks and quackery History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 615.856 K16q 2017 (Text) | 33126022051258 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |