Why people recommend it
Quackery by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen is a fascinating historical exploration of medical history and bizarre historical remedies. Robert Evans mentioned the book on the podcast Behind the Bastards in December 2023 across a two-part series on William Bailey. In the second part, titled Part Two: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation, Robert Evans brought up the book to quote its description of a device intended to irradiate the endocrine system with the goal of increasing hormone production. Earlier in that same week, during the airing of Part One: William Bailey: The Gwyneth Paltrow of Radiation, Robert Evans cited the book Quackery once again to introduce startling details concerning dangerous radium suppositories, expressing his utter astonishment at learning such historical medical facts. Through these citations on Behind the Bastards, the book served as a factual resource to illustrate the extreme and hazardous nature of historical medical treatments involving radiation and radioactive consumer products.
Who recommended it
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Robert Evans — 2 mentions
“and I'm going to quote from the book quackery again here the idea was that ionizing I.E irradiating the endocrine system would increase hormone production”
“i'm going to quote from the book quackery here i was not ready to learn this”