Quackery | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 10/05/2019

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00:01:07 1 Definition
00:03:21 2 Quacksalver
00:05:04 3 Criticism of quackery in academia
00:06:38 4 History in Europe and the United States
00:17:22 5 Contemporary culture
00:22:38 5.1 China
00:25:19 6 Presence and acceptance
00:30:04 7 Persons accused of quackery
00:30:14 7.1 Deceased
00:44:03 7.2 Living
00:47:19 8 See also



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Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices.  A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, qualification or credentials they do not possess; a charlatan or snake oil salesman". The term quack is a clipped form of the archaic term quacksalver, from Dutch: kwakzalver a "hawker of salve". In the Middle Ages the term quack meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares on the market shouting in a loud voice.Common elements of general quackery include questionable diagnoses using questionable diagnostic tests, as well as untested or refuted treatments, especially for serious diseases such as cancer. Quackery is often described as "health fraud" with the salient characteristic of aggressive promotion.