the pseudonyms Eric Jameson and Dr. Philip Lawson. A notable work Trimmer authored was The Natural History of Quackery which documented the history of...

Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender...

to the first billionaire John D. [...] was a literal snake oil salesman and con artist who sold 'cancer cures' to women door-to-door. A History Of 'Snake...

Tober. The concept of indigo children gained popular interest with the publication of a series of books in the late 1990s and the release of several...

evidence. The ethics of naturopathy have been called into question by medical professionals and its practice has been characterized as quackery. Naturopathic...

The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-855-4. Eric Jameson. (1961). The Natural History of Quackery....

mysticism, sometimes referred pejoratively to as quantum quackery or quantum woo, is a set of metaphysical beliefs and associated practices that seek to...

category of non-science includes all matters outside the natural and social sciences, such as the study of history, metaphysics, religion, art, and the humanities...

as the Hieronymus machine. It faced skepticism from scientists who viewed it as pseudoscientific and even as an example of quackery. Some of the wind...

mobile des Petrus Peregrinus?". NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine (in German). 11 (3): 155–170...

Age-y articles spewing quackery, with no citations to actual studies or research. The 5G stickers supposedly generate some kind of shield to protect you...

classification of humors into four groups, of which two are absolutely imaginary?" The seasonal association of phlegm is winter due to the natural properties of being...

xingxiangtu yanjiu". 自然科學史硏究 (Ziran kexueshi yanjiu) [Research on the History of Natural Science] (2). Wang 2000, pp. 54–55. Cheng et al. 1998, p. 21. Wheatley...

variety of other pretexts. The psychoanalytical community of the time saw his approach to healing diseases as quackery of the worst sort. In 1954, the U.S...

promoter in the poultry diet, that it is capable of increasing the growth of plankton for fish feed, and that it increases the production of milk in cows...

example of synchronicity, as well as a favorable sign or a suggestion towards the presence of spiritual influence. It is additionally thought that the repetition...

practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. One example of a charlatan...

"Strengthening the Eyes". This course was criticized by the American Medical Association's Bureau of Investigation as dangerous quackery. In July 1919...

B. A. G. Fuller: History of Philosophy: Modern, "Locke, Berkeley, and Hume". Jameson, Eric. (1961). The Natural History of Quackery. Charles C. Thomas...

others. Skeptics have also dismissed AK as "quackery", "magical thinking", and a misinterpretation of the ideomotor effect. It has also been criticized...

strongly influenced the perceptions of the conquered confronted by a new natural environment. In parallel with the growing importance of the scientific approach...

"Gastrointestinal Quackery: Colonics, Laxatives, and More". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2008-09-02. Wanjek, C (2006-08-08). "Colon Cleansing: Money Down the Toilet"....

the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. Also known as palm reading, chiromancy, chirology or cheirology, the practice...

therapy Ionized bracelet Magnetic water treatment Power Balance Rife machine Quackery Russell, Jill; Rovere, Amy, eds. (2009). "Magnetic therapy". American Cancer...

18. In December, 2019, Bagans published the book Ghost-Hunting For Dummies. The book 'outlining the history of ghost-hunting, including true accounts and...

as quackery. Cryonics procedures can begin only after the "patients" are clinically and legally dead. Cryonics procedures may begin within minutes of death...

with the new ideas of Darwinism. The German nationalists misemployed the scientific theory of natural selection for the rationalization of the supposed...

to be applied to the skin and then used to massage the fascia underneath the skin, with a goal of reducing cellulite and stiffness. The device was invented...

actually "consume" some sort of natural resource or latent energy, such as the phase changes of water or other fluids or small natural temperature gradients...

claimants of telekinetic ability throughout history. Angelique Cottin (ca. 1846) known as the "Electric Girl" of France was an alleged generator of telekinetic...