Medical Quackery Research Paper
July 31, 2013
Medical Quackery When watching television it is almost impossible to avoid commercials. Many commercials advertise the newest television shows or the most current sales going on in stores, but what about the newest breakthrough in weight loss technology? According to this advertisement it is the newest breakthrough in weight loss pills, but is it really? This is most likely a form of medical quackery (Barrett and Jarvis 1). Medical quackery is defined as any medical remedy that does not work or has not been proven effective in its treatments ("Quackery."par.1). Quackery can target many people for numerous reasons; some of those types of people are teenagers, victims of obesity, and people suffering from a serious illness. Quackery draws the attention of many teenagers. In today’s society it is common for the average teen to want to look flawless like a celebrity. The quack salesman offers hope of breast enhancement, body growth from steroids or growth hormones, and tanner skin with use of tanning beds or pills. As teenage girls hit puberty they become well interested in their bodies. Because everyone grows differently many girls feel as if their breast size is not as big as they would like. This is where the quack …show more content…
Quackery in arthritis is found mostly in weird gadgets like the Inductoscope. The Inductoscope was made of metal rings placed over affected parts of the body. The rings were connected by wires to an electric wall. This device was ineffective and only put the patient at risk of electric shocks (Barrett and Jarvis 102). The Solarama Board is another device that was used to heal arthritis by placing it under the patient’s mattress. This device was supposed to rejuvenate the body (Barrett and Jarvis 103). Immune milk was also thought to be the cure to arthritis because it was from cows injected with certain vaccines, even though this milk had no effect (Barrett and Jarvis
Medical Quackery When watching television it is almost impossible to avoid commercials. Many commercials advertise the newest television shows or the most current sales going on in stores, but what about the newest breakthrough in weight loss technology? According to this advertisement it is the newest breakthrough in weight loss pills, but is it really? This is most likely a form of medical quackery (Barrett and Jarvis 1). Medical quackery is defined as any medical remedy that does not work or has not been proven effective in its treatments ("Quackery."par.1). Quackery can target many people for numerous reasons; some of those types of people are teenagers, victims of obesity, and people suffering from a serious illness. Quackery draws the attention of many teenagers. In today’s society it is common for the average teen to want to look flawless like a celebrity. The quack salesman offers hope of breast enhancement, body growth from steroids or growth hormones, and tanner skin with use of tanning beds or pills. As teenage girls hit puberty they become well interested in their bodies. Because everyone grows differently many girls feel as if their breast size is not as big as they would like. This is where the quack …show more content…
Quackery in arthritis is found mostly in weird gadgets like the Inductoscope. The Inductoscope was made of metal rings placed over affected parts of the body. The rings were connected by wires to an electric wall. This device was ineffective and only put the patient at risk of electric shocks (Barrett and Jarvis 102). The Solarama Board is another device that was used to heal arthritis by placing it under the patient’s mattress. This device was supposed to rejuvenate the body (Barrett and Jarvis 103). Immune milk was also thought to be the cure to arthritis because it was from cows injected with certain vaccines, even though this milk had no effect (Barrett and Jarvis