Comments on: Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction

By: Points on Blogs: The Quack Doctor | Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:22:03 +0000

[...] to the site will find a legion of entertaining entries, like this post on “Habitina: An Infallible Remedy for Addiction” (produced in the United States [...]

By: E. Ziegler

E. Ziegler — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:15:29 +0000

…………………… uhmmmm yupp? im doing a history project on the Pure food and drug act???!!!:).
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By: E. Ziegler

E. Ziegler — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:14:53 +0000

…………………… uhmmmm yupp? im doing a history project on the Pure food and drug act???!!!:).

By: Posts I’m Reading « disabilityhistory.ca

Posts I’m Reading « disabilityhistory.ca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:57:42 +0000

[...] July’s History Carnival: Habitina: An Infalliable Remedy for Addiction, which is about a quack medical treatment in the US for addictions that included morphine and [...]

By: J. Pearce

J. Pearce — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:43:17 +0000

Interesting story and write-up. I’m always collecting stories of “treatments” for various ailments, so I’m glad to read this via the history carnival

By: History Carnival #89 (2010 June) | World History

History Carnival #89 (2010 June) | World History — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:41:35 +0000

[...] Rance at The Quack Doctor shares Habitina – an infallible remedy for addiction which sold over a half-million dollars worth of …. well, I’ll let her explain the [...]

By: Caro

Caro — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:53:28 +0000

Thanks for the link, Michael – very interesting. I’ll bookmark that for future reference.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:10:14 +0000

Thnaks for another fascinating tale.

The Quack Doctor might find today’s post in Science-Based Medicine interesting.

See http://tiny.cc/mg3no

It tells the story of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and how it developed in response to quacks like Prewitt and Bruce, and has had to fight powerful vested interests.