Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Author/Contributor(s):	Kang, Lydia
Publisher:	Workman Publishing
Date:	10/17/2017
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"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"--