| | Quackery(Unabridged) A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen, Hillary Huber Audio, Published 2018 by Tantor Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Sacd, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-977363-10-7, ISBN: 1-977363-10-5
"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 unb ..."
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