Weird Cures (Paperback)

~ Joel Fram (Author), Sandra Salmans (Author)

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Product Description

Weird Cures is a catalog of very strange, sometimes hilarious, often horrifying cures that were actually used by physicians, and then discredited. Some of these so-called cures are beyond belief! For instance:

¥ Mercury, now known to be highly toxic, was once thought to draw poison from the body. It was even administered for routine ills like constipation and toothaches!

¥ Strappado, a technique in which patients are strapped to ladders and dropped from significant heights, was used to correct spinal misalignments. It is now considered torture.

Weird Cures is a compendium of these bizarre and sometimes fatal treatments. This fun look at medical history will fascinate and astonish, and make you laugh and gasp at the same time.

About the Author

Joel Fram was the proprietor of Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City for nineteen years. He is the co-author of I Heard It through the Playground: 616 Best Tips from the Mommy and Daddy Network for Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Birth to Age Five.

Sandra Salmans is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer. She is the co-author of The Working Mother's Guilt Guide: Whatever You're Doing You're Not Doing Enough. She has written for Newsweek and reported for The New York Times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (April 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762427221
• ISBN-13: 978-0762427222
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #703,147 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars INTERESTING BUT SLIM VOLUME, February 2, 2007

By	Avid Reader (Bay area, CA) - See all my reviews

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This is a very small book and only worth purchasing because I got it for a *deep* discount. I would not buy it at full price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Little Book, June 12, 2007

By	Frederick S. Goethel "wildcatcreekbooks" (Central Valley, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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This is a fun little book that contains information about various unusual medical cures that had been used over the years. It is broken into sections for various diseases; woman trouble, male trouble, etc. It would make a good gag gift or stocking stuffer for a medical prefessional or someone thinking about a career in medicine.

3.0 out of 5 stars Just okay, November 19, 2008

By	Pepperment "The Book Chick" - See all my reviews

I found this book okay. It isn't bad to pick up when I want to pick up something short and sort of mindless to read. There is a wow factor in some of the things that are in this book too. Still, nothing stands out about this book really and I am going to stand by my title that this book was just "okay."