Quacks and grafters / by Ex-osteopath; being an exposé of the state of therapeutics at the present time, with some reasons why such grafters flourish, and suggestions to remedy the deplorable muddle.

Date:
1908
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Credit: Quacks and grafters / by Ex-osteopath; being an exposé of the state of therapeutics at the present time, with some reasons why such grafters flourish, and suggestions to remedy the deplorable muddle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PUBLISHERS' NOTE. Though written in a satirical vein, this book is intended as a warning to the medical profession and the public alike. And, while amusing, the wealth of information and comment on certain abuses in the healing art should lead to serious consideration. This book is published without bias or prejudice toward any school of medicine or system of therapeutics as such. But that quackery and graft are rampant among those who pose as healers has become so apparent that we believe every influence to expose and weed out the pretenders is timely. ' The author is an Osteopath who abandoned the practice of Osteopathy after a few years' earnest en- deavor, convinced of the untenable position of those professing the practice of this art. He returned to the more congenial profession of teaching. For ob- vious reasons he publishes this book under a nom de plume. He is abundantly fortified with facts to sub- stantiate his criticism. That his effort may be of some service in clarifying the situation and lead to better therapeutics in the near future, is the sincere hope of The Publishers. [8]