Medical fakes and frauds
By: Susan Gilbert ; introduction by C. Everett Koop.
Series: The Encyclopedia of health.
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Quacks and quackery -- Juvenile literature.; Quacks and quackery.; Medicine.
Description: Describes fraudulent remedies and their peddlers over the centuries, probes the reasons people are easily deceived, and offers advice on how to avoid falling prey to false promises.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 92.
Includes index.