"Con men used to travel town to town hawking medical remedies said to be made of Chinese snakes.
Snake oil was useless and dangerous. So the FDA was created to put a stop to it and other food and drug scams. But, today,
quack medicine has never been bigger. In the 21st century, snake oil has been replaced by
bogus therapies using stem cells. Stem cells may offer cures one day, but medical charlatans on the Internet are making outrageous claims that they can reverse the incurable, from autism to multiple sclerosis to every kind of cancer."
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posted by ericb
on Apr 18, 2010 -
33 comments
Health Physics Instrumentation Collection. A shoe-fitting fluoroscope,
Geiger Mueller detectors,
civil defence items,
atomic movie posters,
radioactive quack cures,
radiation warning signs, etc.
Much more in the way of historical scientific instrumentation at the
University of Toronto Museum of Scientific Instuments : exhibits on
psychology,
acoustics, and
early electron microscopy; more in
the collections.American Artifacts has some interesting articles and illustrations on antique scientific and medical instruments, such as
these quack eye massagers.
posted by plep
on Aug 17, 2003 -
10 comments
Hymen and the back seat of your father's car not included It’s requirement for ladies who looses their virginity (virgin size) usually after delivery and some cases before also and slowly both partner looses interest in each other without knowing the cause, this Virgin cream gives you complete youthfulness and bring back virginity (virgin size) to its original shape. Your partner starts taking interest in you, which you might have not experienced before.
posted by orange swan
on Apr 10, 2003 -
53 comments
