Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang with Hillary Huber (Narrator)

10 hours, 29 minutes first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative medium-paced
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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,...

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