Quackery: A Brief History Of The Worst Ways To Cure Everything
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Originally published | October 17, 2017 |
Authors | Lydia Kang |
Nate Pedersen | |
Genres | Humour |
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ID | 2448312 |
About Quackery: A Brief History Of The Worst Ways To Cure Everything
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. . . .