Article Title

Mark Twain and Medicine: "Any Mummery Will Cure"

Authors

Jane E. Schultz

ISBN

826215025

Price

$47.50

Publisher

University of Missouri Press

Abstract

Curing Clemens

Bizarre beliefs on health and healing

Why did America's 19th century master of satire repeatedly play the boob when he sought medical help? How was the creator of the Connecticut Yankee (who exploited the cupidity of an entire empire) duped by the medical c....

Recommended Citation

Schultz, Jane E. (2005) "Mark Twain and Medicine: "Any Mummery Will Cure"," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 .
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol7/iss1/44