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Bad medicine : misconceptions and misuses revealed, from distance healing to vitamin O
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Bad medicine : misconceptions and misuses revealed, from distance healing to vitamin O

Author: Christopher Wanjek
Publisher: New York : J. Wiley, ©2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Prehistoric humans believed cedar ashes and incantations could cure a head injury. Ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the center of thought, the liver produced blood, and the brain cooled the body. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was a big fan of bloodletting. Today, we are still plagued by countless medical myths and misconceptions. Bad Medicine sets the record straight by debunking widely held yet  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Popular Works
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Wanjek
ISBN: 047143499X 9780471434993
OCLC Number: 50302720
Description: vii, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: I sing the body eclectic --
Growing old --
Enough to make you sick --
Eating it up --
The return of the witch doctor --
Risking it all --
Just like in the movies.
Responsibility: Christopher Wanjek.
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"Christopher Wanjek uses a take-no-prisoners approach in debunking the outrageous nonsense being heaped on a gullible public in the name of science and medicine. Wanjek writes with clarity, humor,  Read more...

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"...Bad Medicine is an enjoyable romp through a host of biomedical misconceptions..." (New Scientist, 21 December 2002) "...Wanjek shoots and scores when he tackles the major myths of medicine..." Read more...

 
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