Quack Medicine: A History of Combating Health Fraud in Twentieth-Century America
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Ethics, Health, Health Care Issues
| Author: | Eric W. Boyle | ISBN: | 9780313385681 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | January 9, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric W. Boyle |
| ISBN: | 9780313385681 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | January 9, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
This timely volume illustrates how and why the fight against quackery in modern America has largely failed, laying the blame on an unlikely confluence of scientific advances, regulatory reforms, changes in the medical profession, and the politics of consumption.
• Previously unpublished images from medical almanacs and drug advertisements sent directly to doctors
• Images of materials used by "quackbusters" in their public educational campaigns, including posters used by the AMA and anti-quackery pamphlets produced by governmental agencies
This timely volume illustrates how and why the fight against quackery in modern America has largely failed, laying the blame on an unlikely confluence of scientific advances, regulatory reforms, changes in the medical profession, and the politics of consumption.
• Previously unpublished images from medical almanacs and drug advertisements sent directly to doctors
• Images of materials used by "quackbusters" in their public educational campaigns, including posters used by the AMA and anti-quackery pamphlets produced by governmental agencies
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