Doc or Quack Spooky For the author

For the author

and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture

An illuminating look at the adaptive nature of our memories—and how their flexibility and fallibility help us survive and thriveWe tend to think of our memories as impressions of the past that remain fully intact

This book considers all those releases on their ownmerits

the politics and pantomime

Doc or Quack Spooky For the authorReaching 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