Quackery

Name: Quackery
ISBN: 9781665226394

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20171 pageTantor and Blackstone Publishing

Explore the bizarre and often dangerous history of medical treatments, from morphine for infants to strychnine as an aphrodisiac. This book uncovers the misfires and malpractices conceived by doctors, scientists, and snake oil salesmen alike. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements, it blends macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal a disturbing side of medicine's evolution.

Avg. reading time: 4h 51m
Prose complexity: 7/10

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Lydia Kang

Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She is a practicing physician who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Jo...

Nate Pedersen

Nate Pedersen uncovers unusual stories from medical history and science. He's the author of Quackery, which explores the history of medical fraud, and Patient Zero, a look into the origins of disease outbreaks.