quack remedy

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The Romans of old, who drove nails into the walls of the Temple of Jupiter, in the hope of warding off the Plague, employed thereby a quack remedy.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

Means to enforce and carry out the Constitution ought not to be ridiculed by calling it a quack remedy.

From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by Nicolay, John George

For going from one quack remedy to another?

From Septimus by Locke, William John

It is a quack remedy; no M. D. prescribes it.

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles

One must create an impression, if only with a quack remedy.

From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William