Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine
By Erika Janik Beacon, 337 pages (Bibliothèque de Montréal) Critique du Wall Street Journal Book Review: ‘Marketplace of the Marvelous’ by Erika Janik Alternative medicine boomed in the 19th century, with proponents pushing wild herbs, cold baths, hypnotism and more. Erika Janik’s “Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine” surveys these…