Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American quack doctor, broadcaster, marketer and independent politician.He had no accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a diploma mill.
The term quack is a clipped form of the archaic term quacksalver, derived from Dutch: kwakzalver a "hawker of salve" [3] or rather somebody who boasted about their salves, more commonly known as ointments. [4] In the Middle Ages the term quack meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares at markets by shouting to gain attention. [5]
He was arrested on occasion ("as a rogue and vagabond" at Kendal) for breaking local laws. The widespread flu epidemic of 1782 made him famous as a quack, when he used a solar microscope to show images of microbes he believed were its cause. [4] These "insects" provided him with the catchphrase "Wonders! Wonders! Wonders!"
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Francis Tumblety (c. 1833 – May 28, 1903) was an Irish-born American medical quack who earned a small fortune posing as an "Indian Herb" doctor throughout the United States and Canada. [1] He was an eccentric self-promoter and was often in trouble with the law.
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
Linda Laura Hazzard (née Burfield; December 18, 1867 – June 24, 1938), nicknamed the "Starvation Doctor", [1] was an American quack, swindler, and convicted serial killer noted for her promotion of fasting, pummeling and hours-long enemas as treatments.
“But we didn’t have (reference) photos at the time.” The Dr. Hutchings Office and Museum in Madison, In. on Apr. 15, 2024. The structure was built circa 1840.