quacks and quackery

Dr. Miracle comes to a small town to sell his cure-all and enlists a young boy to be his toady, or assistant.

Readers will discover the methods of medical care, from the ancients to modern technology. Readers are also treated to a tour of techniques from ancient Chinese, Egyptian, and Indian medical texts, Hippocrates and the Greeks, Arab centers of medicine, the legacy of Galen, and Renaissance anatomical studies.

Examines nineteenth-century American medicine shows and their relation to modern advertising.