Throughout history, medical quacks found their unfair share of people who were willing to pay the piper for Ode de Viper, aka snake oil. Marshall Miller traces the origins of this venomous practice in medical history.
Quack Went the Doc: The Origins of Snake Oil Salesmen in Medicine

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Throughout history, medical quacks found their unfair share of people who were willing to pay the piper for Ode de Viper, aka snake oil. Marshall Miller traces the origins of this venomous practice in medical history.
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