An edition of Quack, quack, quack
(2002)
Quack, quack, quack
the sellers of nostrums in prints, posters, ephemera & books ; an exhibition on the frequently excessive & flamboyant seller of nostrums as shown in prints, posters, caricatures, books, pamphlets, advertisements & other graphic arts over the last five centuries
by William H. Helfand
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Quacks and quackery in art, Exhibitions, Quacks and quackery, Quackery, Medicine, Posters, Quacks and quackery in literature, History, Grolier Club, Grolier club., Grolier club, Quackery--history, Quacks and quackery--history, Quacks and quackery--history--exhibitions, Quacks and quackery in art--exhibitions, Quacks and quackery in literature--exhibitions, Quackery--history--exhibitions, R730 .h456 2002, Wz 28 g875h 2002, 615.8/56/09
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Table of Contents
Preface
On quackery
The quack
Identifying quacks
Common traits
Regulars vs. irregulars
Drugs on the market
Advertising
Growth & decline
The persistence of quackery
The itinerant quack
The ways of the quack
Systems
Morison's Pills
Vin Mariani
Anatomical museums & medicine shows
Selling sex cures
Addiction & electricity cures
Quacks in the arts
The evils of quackery.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-243) and index.
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