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Thanks to NetGalley for the audiobook copy.
Starvation Heights is the story of Dr Linda Hazzard and her "starvation cure". The events take place is 1911 when two British sisters found information on Dr Hazzard's starvation cure and thought it might relieve their supposed ills. After traveling to Dr Hazzard's home for treatment, one of the sisters eventually died of starvation. It soon was discovered that the "Doctor" and her husband has swindled the women out of a fair amount of their money and had forged documents to amend their will. This hadn't been her first time killing a patient while also stealing money from them.
A good true crime story! I didn't know anything about this particular story before reading. What a fascinating case! It baffles me now to hear about some of the treatments people believed in in the past. Some of her patients were as small as 50 pounds before they died. It's hard to fathom that anyone could believe that was the road to health!
Starvation Heights is the story of Dr Linda Hazzard and her "starvation cure". The events take place is 1911 when two British sisters found information on Dr Hazzard's starvation cure and thought it might relieve their supposed ills. After traveling to Dr Hazzard's home for treatment, one of the sisters eventually died of starvation. It soon was discovered that the "Doctor" and her husband has swindled the women out of a fair amount of their money and had forged documents to amend their will. This hadn't been her first time killing a patient while also stealing money from them.
A good true crime story! I didn't know anything about this particular story before reading. What a fascinating case! It baffles me now to hear about some of the treatments people believed in in the past. Some of her patients were as small as 50 pounds before they died. It's hard to fathom that anyone could believe that was the road to health!