Doc or Quack Spawn We get distracted and sometimes

We get distracted and sometimes even bored

prized for its lightness

sharply funny and and warm-hearted antidote to our divided times

revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army

’ Edmund de Waal ‘A most rare book: extraordinarily powerful – magisterial

Doc or Quack Spawn We get distracted and sometimesReaching from the beginnings of scientific medicine in the nineteenth century through to the present, Sander L. Gilman examines the ever shifting boundary between scientific medicine and quackery, asking if such a fixed boundary can realistically exist within mainstream medical practice. Through detailed case studies of stomach ulcers and eye disease as well as the clinical use and abuse of specific therapies, such as acupuncture, Doc or Quack reveals