{"product_id":"quackery-lydia-kang-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761189815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761189817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Workman Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Lydia Kang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055518249215,"sku":"9780761189817","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6991aaa4-189a-4382-b2cc-a09063b0cd18.jpg?v=1685036239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quackery-lydia-kang-9780761189817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}