{"product_id":"quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-hardcover","title":"Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNate Pedersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat \u003ci\u003ewon't \u003c\/i\u003ewe try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, \u003ci\u003eQuackery\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003e Quackery \u003c\/i\u003eseamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydia Kang, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction and adult fiction. Her YA novels include \u003ci\u003eControl, Catalyst\u003c\/i\u003e, and the upcoming \u003ci\u003eThe November Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Her adult fiction debut is entitled \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Poison\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eJAMA\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Internal Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of General Internal Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau. \u003cbr\u003eNate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including in the\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eArt of Manliness\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978564632877,"sku":"9780761189817","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aWt2dlVqZEcweFc3YXRDUm1TTnFldz09.webp?v=1775805844","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}