Marketplace of the Marvelous : The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine (Paperback)

from SparrowByTheRailStar

(This book was provides to me by the publisher, free of charge. This has in no way impacted the content of my review." Marketplace of the Marvelous is not as intimidating as it looks- almost 100 pages are devoted to the notes & index at the end, & another to the introduction; leaving us with arou...

from freckles1987

I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. Marketplace of the Marvelous promises to reveal the "strange origins of modern medicine" and does touch on many of the "irregular" medicinal practices of the 18th and 19th centuries-especially in the United States. Phrenology,...

from ryan.adams

Remarkably entertaining read on the back history of alternative medicine during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I've heard about a lot of these different types of medicine (like phrenology and mesmerism), but this book sheds light on how they came about. When you see some of the stories of wha...

from Helcura

This is a really enjoyable book. I appreciated the historical context for the various alternative medical systems - these systems were created when regular medicine still thought disease was caused by miasmas or imbalance of humors in the body. The alternative systems were no more absurd, and oft...

from antmusic

This is one of those perfect books to fill your mind with little trivia facts to bring up at parties. The origins of "modern" medicine are quite surprising... amazingly so. Check this one out from your local library and give it a look-through.