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QUACKERY: GETTING THE MEDICAL GOAT
62ND TEXAS SURGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION
DR, A, W, BRONWELL
OCTOBER 1, 1979
AUSTIN, TEXAS
MEDICAL QUACKERY IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM IN THIS
COUNTRY, PERHAPS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS YOU'VE SEEN ONE
ARTICLE OR HEARD ONE CONVERSATION CONCERNING MEDICAL QUACKERY
AND THE MISFORTUNE IT CAUSES OUR PROFESSION, THE MEDICAL
HUCKSTER IS AS OLD AS MEDICINE ITSELF, AND IN THIS COUNTRY,
MEDICAL QUACKERY WAS PART AND PARCEL OF FRONTIER MEDICINE,
BUT THE EARLY CHARLATANS, MUCH LIKE THE ONES THAT
EXIST TODAY, HAD AN ABILITY TO KEEP ONE EYE ON THE DOLLAR
AND KEEP THE OTHER EYE ON THE LAWS OF THE LAND,i
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Bronwell, A. W. Quackery: Getting the Medical Goat, text, October 1, 1979; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth822759/m1/1/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas+-+Travis+County+-+Austin%22: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.