The Electric Corset and Other Victorian Miracles
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8383-6 (ISBN)
Through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, various health movements emerged in the transition to the modern age of scientific medicine. Strange medical devices and quack cures were pushed, often using crude remedies based on simplistic beliefs and the placebo effect. Currently, some of these treatments appear absurd, even cruel. Because some were properly used as appropriate therapies, it is difficult to label them altogether as bogus.
This book takes a thorough look at unconventional medical gadgets, as well as the strange devices and therapies used by both fringe and legitimate healers, and places them in the perspective of modern medicine. The author argues that quackery should not be defined by the ineffectiveness of a therapy, but rather be based on the fraudulent intent of the people who pushed dishonest and deceptive remedies.
Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.
Table of Contents
Preface
One. Time for a Change
Two. If It Quacks Like a Duck…
Three. Promises and Placebos
Four. Some Early Medical Devices
Five. Magnetic Devices
Six. The Mysteries of Electricity
Seven. Messing with the Mind
Eight. Advanced Electrical Quackery
Nine. Reshaping the Outside
Ten. Treating the Insides
Eleven. Behold the Light
Twelve. The Promise of Restored Youth
Thirteen. The Power of Radioactivity
Postscript
Glossary: Medical Terminology
Appendix: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.12.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 31 photos, glossary, appendix, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 381 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8383-2 / 1476683832 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8383-6 / 9781476683836 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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