254pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw & col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. As new. Shows quackery to be a vibrant industry replete wit innovation and calculated deception. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 047715

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Title: Quacks. Fakers & Charlatans in English ...

Publisher: Tempus, Stroud

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Illustrated Edition.

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What did the people of 17th century England do when they got a dose of the clap? They reached for "Walker's Jesuit Drops" or "Wessels Specific Purging remedy for Venereal Diseases" of course. Did either work? Was urine-gazing by the 'pisse prophets' (with or without the patient being present) an effective diagnostic tool?

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