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Modern Snake Oil

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Modern Snake Oil

By Ann Anderson

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About the book

Step right up, folks. This miracle in a bottle will cure everything from dandruff to cancer."" In the nineteenth century you might have heard this pitch on a street corner from characters we called snake oil salesmen. Today quack remedies are sold by celebrities on electronic media. Suzanne Somers, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian, and a host of other "bold face names" promote questionable products and health advice via TV appearances, apps, and web sites. The modern market for useless health pro...Show more

History of medicine

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ISBN

9781476668994

Publisher

McFarland & Co Inc

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Modern Snake Oil

Format

Paperback

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