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

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

Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen with Hillary Huber (Narrator)

11 hours • 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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