Titlebook: Bizarre Medical Ideas; ... and the Strange Edzard Ernst Book 2024 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license

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The Humbug Scoren alternative medicine. On the basis of certain characteristics of Prof Humbug, I develop my ‘Humbug score’. The score is an attempt to quantify the degree to which the individuals discussed in the following section of the book might be called charlatans. It will be employed for that purpose through

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Frederick Matthias Alexander—Inventor of the Alexander Techniqueion of poor posture and movement. He began teaching his method to others in need. Alexander moved to London and later to New York, where he managed to attract many prominent clients. Alexander had a somewhat turbulent private life. He published several books which are in print to the present day. Ev

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Edward Bach—Inventor of the Bach Flower Remediesby homeopathy but do not follow its main axiom. Bach assumed that illness was due to emotional imbalances. For each of the fundamental states of mind that he alleged to be the cause of ill health, he found a remedy based on plants. Bach flower remedies are produced by putting the fresh plant into wa

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Max Gerson—Inventor of the Gerson Therapyg. He worked as a surgeon during WW I and was awarded the Iron Cross. After the war, he practised in Bielefeld and cooperated with a pharmaceutical firm to create two conventional medications. By 1927, he had specialised in the dietary treatment of tuberculosis and thereafter of cancer. When the Naz

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George Goodheart—Inventor of Applied Kinesiologyd a muscle testing technique that he called ‘applied kinesiology’. In 1964, he began teaching applied kinesiology to other chiropractors. He wrote several books about his ideas and managed to popularise applied kinesiology, first amongst chiropractors and later also amongst other alternative practit

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Ryke Geerd Hamer—Inventor of German New Medicine all other diseases are the result of an emotional conflict. He mixed this idea with antisemitism and other bizarre notions to create his ‘New German Medicine’. Hamer ran into multiple problems with the law, served time in prison, lost his licence, and continued to practice as a .. Attempting to eva