The New Medical Follies - an encyclopedia of cultism and quackery in these United States, with essays on the cult of beauty, the craze for reduction, rejuvenation, eclecticism, bread and dietary fads, and physical therapy. by Fishbein, Morris - 1927

New York, USA: Boni & Liveright. Bound in smart black cloth with gilt titles to spine, this dated 1927 hardcover First Edition is VG. 235pp with Preface, and 11 chapters. Condition VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1927.

New York, Boni And Liveright, 1927. Hardback. 1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 235 ; 20 cm. A nice copy of Fishbein's second book. "Morris Fishbein M. D. (1889 -1976) was a physician who became the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950. In 1961 he became the founding Editor of Medical World News, a magazine for doctors. In 1970 he endowed the Morris Fishbein Center. He was also notable for exposing quacks, notably the goat-gland surgeon John R. Brinkley, and campaigning for regulation of medical devices. " (Wikipedia, 2017) Contents: An encyclopedia of cults and quackeries -- The cult of beauty -- The craze for reduction -- Rejuvenation -- Rejuvenation : the mechanical and glandular methods -- Bread and some dietary fads -- The end of eclecticism -- Physical and electric therapy -- Psychoanalysis : a cultist movement? -- Ethics : Medical and otherwise -- The physician of the future. SUBJECT(S) : Medicine. Quacks and quackery. Boards are slightly worn but… Read More