{"product_id":"quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-9780761189817","title":"Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything","description":"What \u003ci\u003ewon't \u003c\/i\u003ewe try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606454505746,"sku":"9780761189817","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc1d89e2-3eb8-4bf5-9f9e-8be243b91a76.jpg?v=1732294427","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-9780761189817","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}