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• Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated: A Book for Old and Young (fourth edition; London: Lockwood and Co., 1869), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pseudodoxia Epidemica (third edition; London: Printed by R. W. for Nath. Ekins, 1658), by Thomas Browne (page images at Google)
• The higher foolishness, with hints as to the care & culture of aristocracy; : followed by brief sketches on ecclesiasticism, science & the unfathomed universe, (The Bobbs-Merrill company, 1927), by David Starr Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curiosètés de l'histoire des croyances populaires au Moyen Age (A. Delahays, 1859), by P. L. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• Man against myth (Little, Brown, 1947), by Barrows Dunham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enquiries into very many received tenents and commonly presumed truths (Printed by J.R. for N. Ekins, 1672), by Thomas Browne, Thomas Keck, and Kenelm Digby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new catalogue of vulgar errors (Printed for the author, 1767), by Stephen Fovargue (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foibles and fallacies of science; : an account of celebrated scientific vagaries, (D. Van Nostrand company, 1924), by D. W. Hering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in error (R. M. McBride & company, 1936), by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular fallacios, (Cassell and company, limited, 1907), by A. S. E. Ackermann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Don't believe it! says the doctor; : false notions, errors, misconceptions and misinformation pertaining to health and hygiene, major ailments and cancer, minor ailments and remedies, food and diet, mind and senses, body, marriage and death; and health fallacies derived from superstition and folklore, (Blue Ribbon Books, 1937), by August Astor Thomen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A world of wonders : with anecdotes and opinions concerning popular superstitions. (R. Bentley, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A world of wonders : with anecdotes and opinions concerning popular superstitions (Richard Bentley, 1845), by Albany Poyntz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular fallacies explained and corrected (with copious references to authorities) (The Old Westminster press, 1923), by A. S. E. Ackermann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Des erreurs et des préjugés répandus dans la société (F. Buisson, 1810), by J. B. Salgues (page images at HathiTrust)
• Man against myth (Hill and Wang, 1962), by Barrows Dunham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The joy of ignorance (W. Godwin, inc., 1932), by T. Swann Harding (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The American credo : a contribution toward the interpretation of the national mind (A.A. Knopf, 1920), by George Jean Nathan and H. L. Mencken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Närrische Weissheit und weise Narrheit (s.n.], 1706), by Johann Joachim Becher and Jacob Friedrich Reimmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular errors explained and illustrated. (D. Bogue, 1856), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Errors, Popular (Kent, 1858), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Saggio sopra gli errori popolari degli antichi; pubblicato per cura di Prospero Viani... (F. Le Monnier, 1859), by Giacomo Leopardi and Prospero Viani (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mistakes we make : a practical manual of corrections in history, language, and fact, for readers and writers (Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1898), by Nathan Haskell Dole (page images at HathiTrust)
• False stories corrected. (New-York : Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Co., no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822., 1822), by Roger E. Stoddard, Samuel Wood & Sons, and Samuel S. Wood & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mistakes we make; a practical manual of corrections in history, language, and fact, for readers and writers (T. Y. Crowell & company, 1898), by Nathan Haskell Dole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular fallacies (J.B. Lippincott company; [etc., etc.], 1908), by A. S. E. Ackermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical, philosophical, and vulgar errors, of various kinds, considered and refuted (Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1797), by John Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des erreurs et des préjugés : répandus dans les diverses classes de la société (F. Buisson :, 1810), by J. B. Salgues (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of vulgar and common errors adapted to the year of grace MDCCCXLV. (Lea and Blanchard, 1846), by Caroline Frances Cornwallis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Saggio sopra gli errori popolari degli antichi (F. Le Monnier, 1855), by Giacomo Leopardi and Prospero Viani (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contro i pregiudizi popolari, le superstizioni, le allucinazioni e le ubbie degli antichi e massime dei moderni (G.B. Paravia e comp., 1870), by Giuseppe Tigri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular errors : explained and illustrated (Tilt and Bogue, 1841), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths. (Printed for E. Dod, 1658), by Thomas Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of vulgar and common errors adapted to the year of grace 1845. (J. W. Parker & son, 1854), by Caroline Frances Cornwallis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dan zhu tang da zi zou ji tong shu (Dan zhu tang kan ben, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular errors explained and illustrated (D. Bogue, 1857), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber wahnideen im völkerleben (J.F. Bergmann, 1901), by Max Friedman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Saggio sopra gli errori popolari degli antichi (Le Monnier, 1846), by Giacomo Leopardi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Man against myth (Little, Brown and Company, 1949), by Barrows Dunham (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity, by R. A. Davenport (Gutenberg ebook)
• A New Catalogue of Vulgar Errors, by Stephen Fovargue (Gutenberg ebook)

• Pseudodoxia epidemica (London : Printed by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650, 1650), by Thomas Browne, Nathaniel Ekins, Edward Dodd, and Abraham Miller (page images at HathiTrust)

• False stories corrected. (New-York : Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Co., no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822., 1822), by Roger E. Stoddard, Samuel Wood & Sons, and Samuel S. Wood & Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review (full serial archives)

• Der Aberglaube in der Medizin und seine Gefahr für Gesundheit und Leben (B.G. Teubner, 1914), by David Hansemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery. (E. Barrington and G. D. Haswell, 1844), by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des erreurs populaires relatives à la médecine (Caille et Ravier, 1812), by A. Richerand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lessons from the history of medical delusions. (Baker & Scribner, 1850), by Worthington Hooker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Don't believe it! says the doctor; : false notions, errors, misconceptions and misinformation pertaining to health and hygiene, major ailments and cancer, minor ailments and remedies, food and diet, mind and senses, body, marriage and death; and health fallacies derived from superstition and folklore, (Blue Ribbon Books, 1937), by August Astor Thomen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A philosophical essay on credulity and superstition; and also on animal fascination, or charming. (D. Appleton & co.; New Have, S. Babcock, 1849), by Rufus Blakeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remèdes d'autrefois; comment se soignaient nos pères. (Maloine, 1905), by Augustin Cabanès (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Superstition in medicine (Funk & Wagnalls, 1908), by Hugo Magnus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Volksmedicin und medicinischer Aberglaube in Steiermark : ein Beitrag zur Landeskunde (Leuschner & Lubensky, 1886), by Viktor Fossel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Primitive psycho-therapy and quackery. (Houghton Mifflin, 1910), by Robert Means Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bidrag från vår folkmedicins vidskepelser till kännedomen om våra äldsta tider. 1. afd. (Stockholm, 1878), by J. V. Broberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Volksmedizin und Aberglaube im Frankenwalde; nach zehnjähriger beobachtung Dargestellt ... (J. J. Lentner, 1863), by Flügel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkai͡a narodno-bytovai͡a medit͡sina, po materialam Etnograficheskago bi͡uro kni͡azi͡a V. N. Tenisheva. (A.S. Suvorin, 1903), by Gavriil Ivanovich Popov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Superstition connected with medicine and surgery (J. Churchill, 1844), by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew and Milwaukee Academy of Medicine. Book Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• The medical superstitions of precious stones, including notes on the therapeutics of other stones, by Roland G. Curtin. ([Easton, Pa.], 1907), by Roland G. Curtin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Volksmedizin und Aberglaube in Oberbayerns Gegenwart und Vergangheit. (O. Galler, 1893), by Max Höfler and Friedrich von Hellwald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comment on se soigne aujourd'hui; remèdes de bonne femme (A. Maloine, 1907), by Augustin Cabanès and Jean Barraud (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sir Kenelm Digby and his powder of sympathy (A.R. Elliott, 1916), by William Renwick Riddell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der aberglauben in der medicin (J.U. Kerr (M. Müller), 1903), by Hugo Magnus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Superstitions et remèdes populaires en Touraine. Thèse. (Imp. commerciale et industrielle, 1904), by Adolphe Joseph Darmezin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Des préjugés populaires dans les maladies de l'enfance et en particulier dans le Morvan. (Germer-Baillière & cie., 1883), by A. Legendre (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'exercice illégal de la médecine dans le Bas-Poitou; les toucheurs et les guérisseurs. (Jouve & Boyer, 1899), by Jean Marie Tiffaud (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katechismus der sympathielehre. (K. Siegismund, 1919), by Gustav Wilhelm Gessmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bidrag til norsk folkemedisin. I. (Bymaalslagets forlag, i kommission hos H. Aschehoug & co., 1921), by Hjalmar Falk, Nils Lid, and Ingjald Reichborn-Kjennerud (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Buch der Wunder und der Geheimwissenschaften; Populär-sissenschaftlich und in ihren Beziehungen zur praktischen Heilkunde. (O. Mutze, 1900), by G. H. Berndt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Superstition in Medicine, by Hugo Magnus, trans. by Julius L. Salinger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery, by Robert Means Lawrence (Gutenberg ebook)
• De vulgi in medicinâ erroribus. English (London : Printed by W. Wilson for Nicholas Bourne, at the south-entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1651), by James Primerose, James Primerose, Robert Wittie, and Thomas Cross (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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