The Natural History of Quackery by Eric Jameson - a very rare Uncorrected Proof Copy. 
About the Book:  RARE and Fascinating book.  Jameson writes “This is not a moral book. Many of the characters in it are defiantly immoral. Others are almost gentlemen. Neither is the story of Quackery for the excessively squeamish. Quacks, to be successful, desperately need a popular appeal. What appeals to one age may seem crude to another. They also have no time for respectability or convention and some of the most active fields of Quack practice are to be found in subjects sometimes taboo to general society.”
 
Book Type: Rare Uncorrected Proof Copy 1961 
Genre:  History, Lifestyle, Medicine,   
Edition: Uncorrected Proof Copy 1961
Published by Micheal Joseph 
Size: 21.5cm x 14cm
218Pages
20 black and white Illustrations 
A good copy.
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
An Anecdote of Dr Rock
Introduction
Cure-alls to the Rescue
The Specialists
Eyes Right
Medical Institutes
James Graham
The Hidden Force
The Testimonial Business
Let’s Join the Ladies 
Odd Curse
Finale
Bibliography
 Index.
 
Back Story 
“ A well-digested history of this irregular order of medical practitioners would not be uninstructive. It would present to us a curious list of priests and nobles, philosophers, simpletons and knaves. Even royalty itself would not be absent from it. It is nearly one hundred years since Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie wrote these words and its seems incredible that nobody has yet attempted a History of Quackery. In this book I have not tried to comment on the vast army of Continental Quacks but have limited myself mainly to English speaking brethren with one or two notable exceptions. Whenever possible I have quoted from original sources. Spelling has always seemed to me to be a difficult subject. For this reason, I have taken  the liberty of  modernising this wherever it seemed feasible.” 
 
CONDITION:
Covers: Card Covers have age related wear and marking with bumping and scuffing at the edges. The back cover has age related wear to it as per photographs 
Binding: Tight  
Spine: shows signs of cracking. Some bumping and wear on board cover ends. 
Pages.  All pages complete. In good condition yellowing at the edges but  bright and clean. 
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