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The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America (inscribed)
by Young, James Harvey
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Princeton Univ. Press, 1992 expanded ed. INSCRIBED by author on half-title p. 498pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Fine [bit of age darkening to top & fore edges; else a very nice crisp copy] A classic social history of medical quackery by Emory University professor James Harvey Young (1915-2006).
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- Title
- The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America (inscribed)
- Author
- Young, James Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- Edition
- 1992 expanded ed.
- ISBN 10
- 0691005796
- ISBN 13
- 9780691005799
- Publisher
- Princeton Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- This edition first published
- 1992
- Keywords
- MEDICINE AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY HEALTH QUACKERY CANCER CURES ARTHRITIS REMEDIES HEALTH FOODS DIABETES TUBERCULOSIS SIGNED COLLECTIBLE COPY EMORY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PROVOST BILLY E. FRYE
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