Quackery

荒诞医学史

基本信息

Author：Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen

Format：Hardback | 352 pages

Dimensions：152 x 203 x 27.94mm | 703.07g

Publication date：17 Oct 2017

Publisher：Workman Publishing

Language：English

ISBN10：0761189815

ISBN13：9780761189817

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

为了追求完美的健康、美丽和青春之泉，我们将不会尝试什么呢?

想象一下当医生给哭泣的婴儿开吗啡的时候，当时液化黄金被吹捧为玻璃杯中的不朽的时候，当马钱子碱（是的，用于老鼠毒药的马钱子碱）像伟哥一样被服用的时候。

《荒诞医学史》带着迷恋，恐惧和一点点黑暗，以及熟悉的幽默回望过去，在这难以置信的时间，讲述了医疗失误和渎职的历史。从最怪异的到最危险的，这里有几十种古怪的、病态的滑稽的“治疗方法”——由医生和科学家、唯心论者和蛇油推销员(是的，他们确实想卖蛇油)构想出来的——是基于一系列的无知、反复试验和错误，以及赤裸裸的骗局。通过精心制作的插图、照片和广告，江湖骗子将令人毛骨悚然的幽默与科学、讲故事完美地结合在一起，揭示了不断发展的医学领域中一个重要而又令人不安的一面。

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth?

Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.

Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine.

作者简介

Lydia Kang，医学博士，是一名执业内科医生，著有青年小说和成人小说。她的YA小说包括《控制》、《催化剂》和即将上映的《十一月女孩》。她的成人小说处女作名为《美丽的毒药》。她的非虚构作品发表在JAMA，内科医学年鉴和普通内科医学杂志上。

Nate Pedersen是图书管理员、历史学家和自由记者，拥有超过400种出版物和在线出版物，包括《卫报》、《信徒》、《旧金山纪事报》和《男子气概的艺术》。

Lydia Kang, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction and adult fiction. Her YA novels include Control, Catalyst, and the upcoming The November Girl. Her adult fiction debut is entitled A Beautiful Poison. Her nonfiction has been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including in the Guardian, the Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Art of Manliness.