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Quackery by Lydia Kang
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Actually DNF-ing at 51%. It just got gross... Some stuff, like the wine and herb and poison chapters, were interesting, but the lobotomies and rectal cures...I got nauseous, lol! Not for me.
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Reading Progress

January 27, 2019 – Shelved
January 27, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read
February 24, 2020 – Started Reading
February 24, 2020 – Shelved as: audiobook
February 24, 2020 – Shelved as: history
February 24, 2020 – Shelved as: nonfiction
February 25, 2020 –
3.0% "this is craaaazy."
February 25, 2020 –
10.0%
February 26, 2020 –
40.0% "This is so gross, but educational? Strychnine as an early viagra? Eating different dirts/clays to combat poisoning? The early Egyptians thought menstrual cycles were purges of stuff the body didn't need, so bloodletting took off? WOW."
February 27, 2020 – Finished Reading

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