
Quackery
A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
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Hillary Huber
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 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. This book seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine.
©2017 Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen (P)2018 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Although the narrator was perfect, I found whatever they used to record her to sound a little too robotic. This distracts from how engaging the book is imo. It wasn’t as bad as other books as I still finished, but I still wish it sounded more human.
That being said, if the title peaks your interest I highly recommend this book as I doubt you’ll be disappointed. However, if you have the time to pick book vs audible, id recommend getting the book due to the slightly “robotic” narration. Or at least give the sample a go!
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Great listen and very interesting information
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Interesting but would be better with less jokes
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Each chapter holds up so well on its own that you can listen to them out of order and at any time, almost like a podcast.
In fact, every time I casually pull it out on road trips and have my friends/car passengers listen to it, they always ask "I really like this, whats the name of this podcast?" This book is perfect for converting podcasts listeners to the audiobook cult!
The most interesting, re-listenable book EVER
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