Fads and Quackery in Healing: An Analysis of the Foibles of the Healing Cults, with Essays on Various Other Peculiar Notions in the Health Field

Title: Fads and Quackery in Healing: An Analysis of the Foibles of the Healing Cults, with Essays on Various Other Peculiar Notions in the Health Field

Author: Fishbein, Morris

Publication: New York: Covici, Friede, 1932.

Description: A history of medical fads, quackery, and cults, by Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Topics include homeopathy, eclecticism, Christian Science, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, physical culture, and beauty cults. First edition (Most other copies on the market are published by Blue Ribbon Books and are reprints). Bound in full brown cloth over boards, stamped in silver. 8.75 x 5.75 inches; [12], 384 pages. Bookplate of Dr. James J. Conway, Chicago radiologist and book collector, on front pastedown. Signature of another former owner on front free endpaper. Binding with light edgewear, interior with light toning. Very Good. Some essays previously appeared in "The Medical Follies" and "The New Medical Follies."