Isbn: 9780761189817 - quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything: 1 (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 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.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 344 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 344 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 344 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 strychnineyes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poisonwas 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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Zustand: New. A tour of medicine s most outlandish misfires, Quackery dives into 35 treatments , exploring their various uses and why they thankfully fell out of favour - some more recently than you might think.&Uumlber den Autor Lydia Kang.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Quackery | A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything | Lydia Kang (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2017 | Workman Publishing | EAN 9780761189817 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …