Cosa (chi) è quackery$65926$ - definizione
QUACKERY THAT IMPROPERLY PROMOTES RADIOACTIVITY AS A THERAPY FOR ILLNESSES
Tho-Radia; Quackery involving radioactive substances; Radiotorium; Radiation quackery; Nuclear quackery
![Borjomi mineral water]] ad from 1929, advertising the water as "radioactive". The water is still popular today, but said property is no longer emphasized.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Borjomi 1929 advertising.jpg?width=200 "Borjomi mineral water]] ad from 1929, advertising the water as \"radioactive\". The water is still popular today, but said property is no longer emphasized.")
quackery
FRAUDULENT OR INEPT MEDICAL PRACTICE INVOLVING UNTESTED OR REFUTED TREATMENTS, PROMOTED PROFESSIONALLY OR PUBLICLY
Quack medicine; Medicaster; Health fraud; Medical quackery; Quack doctor; Voodoo medicine; Quack medicines; Medical fraud; Quacksalvers; Quackeries; Medical hoaxes; Medical hoax; Quacksalver; Healthcare fraud; Health quackery; Quackademic medicine; Quack (medicine); Quack cure; List of people accused of quackery; Quack remedy; Quackademia
If you refer to a form of medical treatment as quackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific.
To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
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Quackery
FRAUDULENT OR INEPT MEDICAL PRACTICE INVOLVING UNTESTED OR REFUTED TREATMENTS, PROMOTED PROFESSIONALLY OR PUBLICLY
Quack medicine; Medicaster; Health fraud; Medical quackery; Quack doctor; Voodoo medicine; Quack medicines; Medical fraud; Quacksalvers; Quackeries; Medical hoaxes; Medical hoax; Quacksalver; Healthcare fraud; Health quackery; Quackademic medicine; Quack (medicine); Quack cure; List of people accused of quackery; Quack remedy; Quackademia
·noun The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Quackeries
FRAUDULENT OR INEPT MEDICAL PRACTICE INVOLVING UNTESTED OR REFUTED TREATMENTS, PROMOTED PROFESSIONALLY OR PUBLICLY
Quack medicine; Medicaster; Health fraud; Medical quackery; Quack doctor; Voodoo medicine; Quack medicines; Medical fraud; Quacksalvers; Quackeries; Medical hoaxes; Medical hoax; Quacksalver; Healthcare fraud; Health quackery; Quackademic medicine; Quack (medicine); Quack cure; List of people accused of quackery; Quack remedy; Quackademia
·pl of Quackery.
Wikipedia
Radioactive quackery
Radioactive quackery is quackery that improperly promotes radioactivity as a therapy for illnesses. Unlike radiotherapy, which is the scientifically sound use of radiation for the destruction of cells (usually cancer cells), quackery pseudo-scientifically promotes involving radioactive substances as a method of healing for cells and tissues. It was most popular during the early 20th century, after the discovery in 1896 of radioactive decay. The practice has widely declined, but is still actively practiced by some.
