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Dirty medicine : the handbook / Martin J. Walker.
Martin J. WalkerDate: 2011
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Junk science judo : self-defense against health scares & scams / Steven J. Milloy.
Steven MilloyDate: [2001], ©2001
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Professional morality in 1831, or the lawyer's defence of medical quackery : in which John St. John Long's discoveries are examined, and his claims to the confidence of the British public, are criticised / by a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, and a master of surgery and arts.
Date: 1831
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A Valedictory address delivered to the graduating class of the Medical Institution of Yale College : January 15, 1852 / by James H. Curry.
Curry, James H. (James Hart), 1827?-1900Date: 1852
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Exposures of quackery : being a series of articles upon, and analysis of, various patent medicines / by the editor of "Health News."
Date: [1897?]
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Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
Thomas RowlandsonDate: 1 November 1808Reference: 11734i
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Les fourberies des charlatans ... démasquées. Extraites du "Charlatanisme dévoilé." / [Étienne Ducret].
Ducret, Étienne.Date: [1892]
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Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined : upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7, 1665, at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-house-yard : in a letter to a reverend divine, living near that place.
David LloydDate: 1666
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Some intellectual weeds of American growth / by George M. Gould.
Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.Date: [1904]
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Annual address delivered before the Medical Society of the State of New York : February 6, 1839 / by Laurens Hull.
Laurens HullDate: 1839
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A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.
Reference: 20671i
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"Obesity cures" / prepared and issued by the Propaganda Department of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Date: 1922
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The world's worst medical mistakes : true life stories of the most horrific medical disasters of recent years and the courage of those who have survived / Martin and Karen Fido.
Martin FidoDate: [1996]
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Médecins et sorciers / Tobie Nathan, Isabelle Stengers.
Tobie NathanDate: [1995], ©1995
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Quelques charlatans célèbres au XVIIe siècle / [H. Sulblé].
Sulblé, H.Date: 1922
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Shropshire doctors & quacks : medical care in Shropshire, 1740-1899 / Richard Moore.
Moore, RichardDate: 2011
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A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.
Date: 1 January 1803Reference: 10980i
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De la dignité et du charlatanisme en médecine / par L. Germe.
Germe, L.Date: 1887
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Medical culture in revolutionary America : feuds, duels, and a court-martial / Linda Myrsiades.
Myrsiades, Linda S.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Russische Autokratie und europäische Medizin : organisierter Wissenstransfer im 18. Jahrhundert / von Andreas Renner.
Andreas RennerDate: 2010
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Historia negra de la medicina : sanguijuelas, lobotomías, sacamantecas u otros tratamientos absurdos, desagradables y terroríficos a lo largo de la historia / José-Alberto Palma.
Palma, José-AlbertoDate: 2016
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Proteus redivivus, or, The art of wheedling or insinuation : obtain'd by general conversation, and extracted from the several humours, inclinations, and passions of both sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation / Collected and methodized by the author of the first part of the English rogue.
Richard HeadDate: 1675
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The modern philosopher, or Terrible tractoration : in four cantos, most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Christopher Caustick.
Thomas Green FessendenDate: 1806
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Jones of Hatton-Garden, his book of cures : this book dated April the eighteenth, 1673.
Jones, of Hatton-GardenDate: [1673]
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M0014464: Quack advert for the cure of cancer, 1911
Date: January 1956Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/129/11
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Dirty medicine : the handbook / Martin J. Walker.

Junk science judo : self-defense against health scares & scams / Steven J. Milloy.

Professional morality in 1831, or the lawyer's defence of medical quackery : in which John St. John Long's discoveries are examined, and his claims to the confidence of the British public, are criticised / by a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, and a master of surgery and arts.

A Valedictory address delivered to the graduating class of the Medical Institution of Yale College : January 15, 1852 / by James H. Curry.

Exposures of quackery : being a series of articles upon, and analysis of, various patent medicines / by the editor of "Health News."

Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.

Les fourberies des charlatans ... démasquées. Extraites du "Charlatanisme dévoilé." / [Étienne Ducret].

Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined : upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7, 1665, at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-house-yard : in a letter to a reverend divine, living near that place.

Some intellectual weeds of American growth / by George M. Gould.

Annual address delivered before the Medical Society of the State of New York : February 6, 1839 / by Laurens Hull.

A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.

"Obesity cures" / prepared and issued by the Propaganda Department of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The world's worst medical mistakes : true life stories of the most horrific medical disasters of recent years and the courage of those who have survived / Martin and Karen Fido.

Médecins et sorciers / Tobie Nathan, Isabelle Stengers.

Quelques charlatans célèbres au XVIIe siècle / [H. Sulblé].

Shropshire doctors & quacks : medical care in Shropshire, 1740-1899 / Richard Moore.

A German quack doctor asks a British nurse about a man with a bowel complaint: misunderstanding the doctor, she has served the patient puppies instead of poppies, and an almanac instead of bole ammoniac. Coloured etching, 1803.

De la dignité et du charlatanisme en médecine / par L. Germe.

Medical culture in revolutionary America : feuds, duels, and a court-martial / Linda Myrsiades.

Russische Autokratie und europäische Medizin : organisierter Wissenstransfer im 18. Jahrhundert / von Andreas Renner.

Historia negra de la medicina : sanguijuelas, lobotomías, sacamantecas u otros tratamientos absurdos, desagradables y terroríficos a lo largo de la historia / José-Alberto Palma.

The modern philosopher, or Terrible tractoration : in four cantos, most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians, London / by Christopher Caustick.

Jones of Hatton-Garden, his book of cures : this book dated April the eighteenth, 1673.

M0014464: Quack advert for the cure of cancer, 1911