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Humbugs of New-York. by Reese, David Meredith,1800-1861.(CARDINAL)184816;
Subjects: Animal magnetism.; Quacks and quackery.; Temperance.; Slavery; Toleration.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The healthy skeptic : cutting through the hype about your health / by Davis, Robert J.,1963-(CARDINAL)341471;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index.Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention.
Subjects: Health education.; Consumer education.; Health products.; Quacks and quackery.; Health;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Quacks & con artists : the dubious history of doctors / by Farndon, John,author.(CARDINAL)178435; Dean, Venitia,1976-illustrator.(CARDINAL)609424;
Explores the history of doctors and their medical knowledge.8-11.3-6.970970LXReading Counts!
Subjects: Medicine; Physicians; Quacks and quackery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Healthy teeth : a user's manual : everything you need to know to find a good dentist and take proper care of your teeth / by Schissel, Marvin J.(CARDINAL)514881; Dodes, John E.(CARDINAL)637489;
This useful and invaluable guide informs readers about how to save money, keep teeth healthy, and maintain a beautiful smile as well as debunking many popular myths about dental hygiene.
Subjects: Dentistry; Dental care; Quacks and quackery.; Dentistry.; Dental care.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Bad advice : or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information / by Offit, Paul A.,author.(CARDINAL)645646;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.Prologue: On being naïve -- What science is--and what it isn't -- White mice and windowless rooms -- An alibi for ignorance -- Feeding the beast -- To debate or not to debate -- Make 'em laugh -- Science goes to the movies -- The Emperor's new clothes -- Judgment Day -- The nuclear option -- Pharma shill -- A ray of hope -- Epilogue: The end of the tour.A guide to taking on self-appointed activists and quack experts offers hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation, by a science and public health professional who has been on the frontline for twenty years.
Subjects: Communication in public health.; Communication in medicine.; Health in mass media.; Disinformation.; Quacks and quackery.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The bizarre careers of John R. Brinkley / by Lee, R. Alton.(CARDINAL)512964;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index.Humble origins -- Tannenberg goats -- Radio advertising -- Beset by enemies -- Brinkleyism -- Hands across the border -- The old cocklebur -- Decline and fall -- Postscript -- Conclusions.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.; Quacks and quackery; Quacks and quackery; Radio broadcasters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Charlatan : America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam / by Brock, Pope.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index.Tells the story of the little-known Dr. John Brinkley and his unquenchable thirst for fame and fortune and Morris Fishbein, a quackbuster extraordinaire who relentlessly pursued the greatest charlatan of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.; Quacks and quackery; Physicians;
Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 21
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The health robbers : how to protect your money and your life / by Barrett, Stephen(Stephen Lee),1934-(CARDINAL)172923; Knight, Gilda.(CARDINAL)143557; Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud.(CARDINAL)164187;
Subjects: Chiropractic.; Spiritual healing.; Natural foods.; Fraud.; Medical ethics.; Health; Quacks and quackery.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Frauds against the elderly : health quackery : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, October 1, 1980. by United States.Congress.House.Select Committee on Aging.(CARDINAL)138785;
Bibliography: pages 143-144.
Subjects: Quacks and quackery; Fraud; Deceptive advertising; Older people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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If it sounds like a quack ... : a journey to the fringes of American medicine / by Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew,author.;
"A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine, filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of non-traditional treatments -- including some that are really non-traditional. With costs skyrocketing and anti-science sentiment spreading, the so-called "medical freedom" movement has grown. Now it faces its greatest challenge: going mainstream. In these pages you'll meet medical freedom advocates including an international leech smuggler, a gold miner-turned health drink salesman who may or may not be from the Andromeda galaxy, and a man who says he can turn people into zombies with aerosol spray. One by one, these alternative healers find customers, then expand and influence, always seeking the one thing that would take their businesses to the next level--the support and approval of the government"--Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Quacks and quackery; Quacks and quackery; Alternative medicine; Alternative medicine; Medical care; Social medicine; Medical care.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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