Not unlike the potentially explosive potions players brew in-game, The Quacks of Quedlinburg has managed to bottle contained chaos into a mystifyingly unique tabletop experience. The award-winning ...
April 4 -- The following excerpt comes from Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, the new book from author Bob McCoy. Buy your copy of Bob McCoy's new book ...
The classic definition of a "quack" -- dating as far back as the 1500s -- is a medical charlatan, a "fraudulent pretender to medical skills." Derived from the old Dutch kwakzalver, or hawker of salves ...
Quack doctors -- the so-called snake oil salesmen often depicted with derision today -- not only plied their trade effectively, they left an indelible mark on marketing, reports Charles Osgood on CBS ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Alannah Tomkins receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, but not in connection with the research promoted in this article. The Victorian doctors portrayed in new BBC series, ...
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