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quack

[kwak] / kwæk /




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“The Doctors’ Riot of 1788” centers on the New York incident but also tells the broader story of medicine in the early American republic, including quack cures and smallpox panics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

There are also medbed clinics, where people can pay to receive quack treatments from people who claim to have working medbeds.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

It’s in service of crank conspiracy theories, quack wellness influencers and weird dystopian visions of supermen doing pull-ups to demonstrate their patriotism.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

He’s Joseph Ladapo, who I earlier identified as “the most dangerous quack in America.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Her head went off to one side - she was the one who looked like a duck that’s forgotten how to quack - and I felt a teardrop fall onto the hand on her shoulder.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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