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Author

Juhnke, Eric S., 1970-

Title Quacks and crusaders : the fabulous careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey / Eric S. Juhnke.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2002.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	615.856 B771Bj	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection	615.856 B771Bj c.2	---	Lib Use Only
Eureka Non-Fiction	615.856 Juh	---	Available
FSCC Non-Fiction	615.856 JUH 2002	---	Available

Description	xvi, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note	Spine title: Quacks & crusaders.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-207) and index.
Contents	The populist politico medico of Kansas : goat-gland doctor John R. Brinkley -- Demagoguery in the corn belt : Iowa's Norman Baker -- Salves and salvos : the career of cancer charlatan Harry Hoxsey -- Senseless dupes or sensible pragmatists? The patients of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey -- Medicine for the masses : the popularity of quacks among healthy Americans.
Subject	Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942.
	Baker, Norman, 1882-1958.
	Hoxsey, Harry M.
	Quacks and quackery.
Added Title	Quacks & crusaders
ISBN	0700612033 (alk. paper)