Looking back with fascination, horror and not a little dash of dark, knowing humour, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious "treatments" — conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil) — that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humour with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. (From Workman)