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| Reference #: | 186 |
| Submit Date: | 04 Nov 2002 |
| Browse Category: | quacks |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | none |
| You can buy this remedy at: | health food store |
| Remedy will cost you: | unknown |
| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | Magic, Myth, and Medicine, by John Camp, Taplinger Publishing , 1973 |
| More Links about this Remedy: | none |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 12,733 |
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| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Average Rating: | 0.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
| Cost Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
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quacks were called "quacks" based on the strident voice they used to
proclaim the value of their cures.. Medicine at that time was largely in the hands of the local "good women" most of whom got burned at the stake for witchcraft. Monks also practiced medicine to those who could afford their high fees. The council of clairmont in 1130, to discourage the monks from getting rich off medicine, forced the monks to treat the poor for free. This scheme failed and by the end of the 13th century the vatican forbid all priests to practice medicine or to be present at operations. This laid the way open to many amateurs and quacks in europe. My favorite quack was John St John Long, who worked in London in the 1820's. "Long specialized in tuberculosis, a good choice when "consumption" claimed so many youg lives. He supplied a onintment which had to be rubbed on all parts of the body and any sign or irritation or discoloration of the skin was suppose to prove the onintment was "extracting" the disease. Yet there was also the inherent risks that consuption would prove fatal, and there is evidence that Long purposely choose from his patients many who were not suffering from the disease, to demonstrate a "cure" later on. Surprizingly, he survived two trials for manslaughter when patients died after treatment; he was fined 250 pounds on one charge but acquited on the other. So great was the public confidence in him that the second victim was actually the wife of a man who had seen him convicted at his first trial!!! Long was a very handsome young man and was loved by women. He was careful that no touch of scandal should ever touch him, was particularly careful in his dealings women patients. He never married though no doubt had many opportunities. After a brief excursion into treating mental illness by extracting "fluid from the brain" he finally succumed to the disease he had claimed to cure and died of tuberculosis in 1834. He left the secret of the onintment to his brother, saying the formula was worth 10,000 pounds on the open market. Unfortunately there were no buyers. Most curious of all the mechanical devices designed to provide home exersize and stimulus for those who led sedimentary lives. by far the best known were products of the aptly named Vigor company of Baker Street, London. In 1895 there were doing enormously well with their Horse-action Saddle, a massive pice of equiptment resembling a concertina mounted on a rigid iron frame, the whole topped by a full sized ridding saddle with handlebars. Seated upon the saddle the ridder could adjust the machine to 'trot, canter or gallop.' At least there was nothing to sweep up except the occassional nut and bolt." "....According to ads the horse action saddle was popular with the nobility and aristocracy, a curious claim since most of such people might be expected to have their own horses. Nevertheless, no less that the princess of Alexandra of Wales had "personally" ordered one, no doubt to pass the time away during Prince Edward's protracted absences from home. What Alexandria though of the machine is unrecorded. But there is no dobut what the Countest of Arbeeden felt about it. 'The horse-saddle' she declared in her testimonial, 'has given me complete satisfaction.' ....." from Magic, Myth, and Medicine, by John Camp,73, Taplinger Publishing Co, chapter 7, "Quacks and their Cures" |
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