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Quacks and Crusaders: The Fabulous Careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey
Eric S. Juhnke
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Description for Quacks and Crusaders: The Fabulous Careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey
Hardcover. An exploration of John Brinkley, Norman Baker and Harry Hoxsey, the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the 20th century. This volume takes a revealing look at health quackery, and the connections between fraudulent medicine and populist rhetoric in middle America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFHX; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
One promoted goat gland transplants as a remedy for lost virility or infertility. Another blamed aluminum cooking utensils for causing cancer. The third was targeted by the Food and Drug Administration as ""public enemy number one"" for his worthless cures. John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey were the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the twentieth century. With backgrounds in lowbrow performance - carnivals, vaudeville, night clubs - each of these charismatic con men used the emerging power of radio to hawk alternative cures in the Midwest beginning in the roaring twenties, through the Depression era, and into the 1950s. ... Read more
One promoted goat gland transplants as a remedy for lost virility or infertility. Another blamed aluminum cooking utensils for causing cancer. The third was targeted by the Food and Drug Administration as ""public enemy number one"" for his worthless cures. John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey were the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the twentieth century. With backgrounds in lowbrow performance - carnivals, vaudeville, night clubs - each of these charismatic con men used the emerging power of radio to hawk alternative cures in the Midwest beginning in the roaring twenties, through the Depression era, and into the 1950s. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612031
SKU
V9780700612031
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About Eric S. Juhnke
Eric S. Juhnke is assistant professor of history at Briar Cliff University.
Reviews for Quacks and Crusaders: The Fabulous Careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey
Based on prodigious research, Juhnke's book makes a major contribution to the study of health quackery in America....Readers will be gripped by his narrative and enlightened by his insights into a major, continuing problem in the nation's health marketplace. JAMES HARVEY YOUNG, AUTHOR OF AMERICAN HEALTH QUACKERY ""A readable account of why three of America's best known medical frauds succeeded, ... Read more