Word: quacking
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...emphasis on manipulation exposed osteopathy* to ridicule. Medical history was full of quack bonesetters, and Still's disciples were lumped with them. Orthodox doctors agitated for state laws to curb the osteopaths. Chiropractors, with less formal education, came along and won a name as spine manipulators, and thus helped bring osteopathy into disrepute by association.. Finally, orthodox M.D s had developed a bone science of their own called it orthopedics, and left the osteopaths high...
Self-conscious adolescents and worried parents know that a bad case of acne can cause more misery than many a more painful ailment; it can also end in serious psychological damage. Youthful victims are easy prey to misconceptions about acne, sometimes worry themselves into trying quack cures...
...melancholy college student took his troubles to a quack "psychologist." The quack told him to enroll in a course in public speaking and tell his troubles to the class. The student tried it, broke down, later committed suicide...
...mother consulted another mind-quack about her eleven-year-old "problem child." The quack recommended sending the child to a boarding school where she would get strict discipline. The child, who needed love more than punishment, became a mental case, perhaps incurable...
...wife consulted another quack because she was not getting along with her husband. The "consultant" advised sexual relations with another man, and the marriage broke...