The 19th-Century Sham Medicine That Saw Oracles in Orifices - Atlas Obscura

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The 19th-Century Sham Medicine That Saw Oracles in OrificesAtlas ObscuraPratt's miracle cures proved neither curative nor miraculous, and as homeopaths sought wider acceptance (membership in the American Medical Association began in 1902), they eagerly decried Pratt's movement. Referrals to his hospital began to decline ...