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Book cover for Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
For millennia, many considered the uterus to be the anatomical and pathological basis of most female ailments. The organ was thought to be extremely high maintenance (even though it self-purged via menses), and it “wandered” hither and ...more
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Julie Murphy, Puddin'

“I am going to withdraw from the world; nothing that happens there is any concern of mine.” And the snail went into his house and puttied up the entrance. —Hans Christian Andersen, “The Snail and the Rosebush,” 1861”
Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

“We have gotten past the stage, my fellow-citizens, when we are to be pardoned if we treat any part of our country as something to be skinned for two or three years for the use of the present generation, whether it is the forest, the water, the scenery. Whatever it is, handle it so that your children’s children will get the benefit of it.”
Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands

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