The Quack Doctor http://thequackdoctor.com Panacean powders, pills, potions and pamphlets, as advertised in historical newspapers. Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:31:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Historical novelist Caroline Rance discusses the unusual patent remedies and medical devices advertised in historical newspapers. This podcast is associated with her blog at http://thequackdoctor.com Caroline Rance no Caroline Rance caro_rance@hotmail.com caro_rance@hotmail.com (Caroline Rance) Strange remedies advertised in historical newspapers history, quackery, medicine, Victorian, The Quack Doctor http://thequackdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/quack-logo.jpg http://thequackdoctor.com Poison. To be applied night and morning. http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/poison-to-be-applied-night-and-morning/ http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/poison-to-be-applied-night-and-morning/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:06:39 +0000 Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=5779 Continue reading »]]> http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/poison-to-be-applied-night-and-morning/feed/ 1 ‘Come for the skin book, stay for the history!’ An interview with Dr Lindsey Fitzharris http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/come-for-the-skin-book-stay-for-the-history-an-interview-with-dr-lindsey-fitzharris/ http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/come-for-the-skin-book-stay-for-the-history-an-interview-with-dr-lindsey-fitzharris/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:43:31 +0000 Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=5757 Continue reading »]]> http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/come-for-the-skin-book-stay-for-the-history-an-interview-with-dr-lindsey-fitzharris/feed/ 1 A barbarous, insanitary custom http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/a-barbarous-insanitary-custom/ http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/a-barbarous-insanitary-custom/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:38:33 +0000 Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=5746 Continue reading »]]> http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/a-barbarous-insanitary-custom/feed/ 1 The most uncanny look http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/the-most-uncanny-look/ http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/the-most-uncanny-look/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:13:58 +0000 Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=5730 Continue reading »]]> http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/the-most-uncanny-look/feed/ 0 Compliments of the Season http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/compliments-of-the-season/ http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/compliments-of-the-season/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:19:12 +0000 Caro http://thequackdoctor.com/?p=5714 http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/compliments-of-the-season/feed/ 0