The Great American Medicine Show: Being an Illustrated History of Hucksters, Healers, Health Evangelists, and Heroes from Plymouth Rock to the Present
David G. Armstrong
292 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0133640272
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1991
A rip-roaring grand parade of the American medical sideshow, from the early crusaders through today’s health gurus. It is an illustrated history of hucksters, healers, health evangelists and heroes, plus a compendium of remedies from Fletcherizing to phrenology. 120 illustrations.