Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything

Elements: prescriptions from the periodic table

Antimony

Mercury

Arsenic

Radium

Gold

The women's health hall of shame

Plants & soil: nature's gifts

Opiates

Strychnine

Tobacco

Cocaine

Alcohol

Earth

The antidotes hall of shame

Tools: slicing, dicing, dousing & draining

Bloodletting

Lobotomy

Cautery & blistering

Enemas

Hydrotherapy

Surgery

Anesthesia

The men's health hall of shame

Animals: creepy crawlies, corpses, and the healing power of the human body

Leeches

Cannibalism & corpse medicine

Animal-derived medicines

Sex

Fasting

The weight loss hall of shame

Mysterious powers: waves, rays, and curious airs

Electricity

Animal magnetism

Light

Radionics

The king's touch

The eye care hall of shame

The cancer cure hall of shame.