Medical misconceptions

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• Common fallacies
• Medical errors
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• Delusions, Medical
• Health misconceptions
• Medical delusions
• Medical superstitions
• Medicine -- Superstitions
• Misconceptions, Medical

• Remèdes d'autrefois; comment se soignaient nos pères. (Paris, Maloine, 1905), by Augustin Cabanès (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Superstition in medicine / by Hugo Magnus ; authorized translation from the German, edited by Julius L. Salinger. (New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1908, c1905), by Hugo Magnus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Volksmedicin und medicinischer Aberglaube in Steiermark : ein Beitrag zur Landeskunde / von Victor Fossel. (Graz : Leuschner & Lubensky, 1886), by Viktor Fossel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Primitive psycho-therapy and quackery, by Robert Means Lawrence. (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1910), by Robert Means Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lessons from the history of medical delusions. (New York, Baker & Scribner, 1850), by Worthington Hooker (page images at HathiTrust)
• On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery. (Philadelphia, E. Barrington and G. D. Haswell, 1844), by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• On superstitions connected with the history and practice of medicine and surgery. By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew ... (London, J. Churchill, 1844), by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Volksmedizin und Aberglaube im Frankenwalde; nach zehnjähriger beobachtung Dargestellt ... (München, J. J. Lentner, 1863), by Flügel (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; 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, / explained and corrected, by August A. Thomen ... with a foreword by Harlow Brooks ... (New York, : 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. by Rufus Blakeman... (New York, D. Appleton & co.; New Haven, S. Babcock, 1849), by Rufus Blakeman (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)
• Superstition in medicine, by Prof. Dr. Hugo Magnus; authorized translation from the German, ed. by Dr. Julius L. Salinger ... (New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls company, 1905), by Hugo Magnus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Volksmedizin und Aberglaube in Oberbayerns Gegenwart und Vergangenheit. Mit einem Vorworte von Friedrich von Hellwald. (München, Otto Galler, 1893), by Max Hoefler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery, by Robert Means Lawrence (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Pseudodoxia Epidemica (third edition; London: Printed by R. W. for Nath. Ekins, 1658), by Thomas Browne (page images at Google)
• Des erreurs et des préjugés répandus dans la société / par J. B. Salgues. (Paris : F. Buisson, 1810-15), by J. B. Salgues (page images at HathiTrust)
• A world of wonders : with anecdotes and opinions concerning popular superstitions. (London : R. Bentley, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Man against myth (New York : Hill and Wang, [c1962]), by Barrows Dunham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular errors explained and illustrated : a book for old and young / by John Timbs. (London : Lockwood & Co., 1869), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American credo : a contribution toward the interpretation of the national mind / by George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken. (New York : A.A. Knopf, 1920), by George Jean Nathan (page images at HathiTrust)
• D. Joh. Joachim Bechers, Röm. Kaÿs. Maj. Cammer-Raths, Närrische Weissheit und weise Narrheit : oder, ein hundert so politische als physicalische, mechanische, und mercantilische Concepten und Propositionen, deren etliche gut gethan, etliche zu nichts worden. ([Leipzig? : s.n.], Anno MDCCVI [1706]), by Johann Joachim Becher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular errors explained and illustrated. (London, D. Bogue, 1856), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Things not generally known : popular errors explained & illustrated ... (London : Kent, 1858), by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Saggio sopra gli errori popolari degli antichi; pubblicato per cura di Prospero Viani... (Firenze, F. Le Monnier, 1859), by Giacomo Leopardi (page images at HathiTrust)
• A world of wonders : with anecdotes and opinions concerning popular superstitions / edited by Albany Poyntz. (London : Richard Bentley, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mistakes we make; a practical manual of corrections in history, language, and fact, for readers and writers, (New York, Boston, T. Y. Crowell & company, [c1898]), by Nathan Haskell Dole (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, / explained and corrected, by August A. Thomen ... with a foreword by Harlow Brooks ... (New York, : Blue Ribbon Books, [1937]), by August Astor Thomen (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of vulgar and common errors adapted to the year of grace MDCCCXLV. By Thomas Brown Redivivus, whilome knt. and M.D. [pseud.] (Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1846), by Caroline Frances Cornwallis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in error / Vilhjalmur Stefansson. (New York : R.M.McBride, 1936), by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des erreurs et des préjugés : répandus dans les diverses classes de la société / par J.B. Salgues. (Paris : F. Buisson : Delaunay : V. Lepetit, 1810-30), by J. B. Salgues (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contro i pregiudizi popolari, le superstizioni, le allucinazioni e le ubbie degli antichi e massime dei moderni; letture di Giuseppe Tigri ad uso della gioventù. (Firenze [etc.] G.B. Paravia e comp., 1870), by Giuseppe Tigri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foibles and fallacies of science; : an account of celebrated scientific vagaries, / by Daniel W. Hering ... (New York, : D. Van Nostrand company, 1924), by Daniel Webster Hering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular fallacios, / by A. S. E. Ackermann ... With eight full-page plate. (London, New York [etc.] : Cassell and company, limited, [1907]), by A. S. E. Ackermann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Popular fallacies, by A.S.E. Ackermann. With eight full-page plates. (Philadelphia, 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 / by John Jones (London : Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1797), by John Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new catalogue of vulgar errors / Stephen Fovargue. (Cambridge : Printed for the author, 1767), by Stephen Fovargue (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mistakes we make; a practical manual of corrections in history, language, and fact, for readers and writers, comp. and ed. by Nathan Haskell Dole. (New York ; Boston, T.Y. Crowell & company, [c1898]), by Nathan Haskell Dole (page images at HathiTrust)

• Patient safety and quality management : hearing before the Subcommittee [on] Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 27, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : [Congressional Sales Office, Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor], 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)

• Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (4 volumes; 2005), ed. by Kerm Henriksen, James Bruce Battles, Eric S. Marks, and David I. Lewin
  • Volume 1 (Research Findings): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 2 (Concepts and Methodology): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 3 (Implementation Issues): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 4 (Programs, Tools, and Products): HTML at NIH
• Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches (4 volumes; 2008), ed. by Kerm Henriksen, James Bruce Battles, Margaret A. Keyes, and Mary L. Grady
  • Volume 1 (Assessment): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 2 (Culture and Redesign): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 3 (Performance and Tools): HTML at NIH
  • Volume 4 (Technology and Medication Safety): HTML at NIH
• Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses (2008), ed. by Ronda Hughes (illustrated HTML at NIH)
• To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, ed. by Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson (page images at NAP)
• Medical errors : the Vermont perspective : hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session ... February 16, 2000 (Montpelier, VT). (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collaborative education to ensure patient safety : Council on Graduate Medical Education & National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice Joint Meeting, September 13-14, 2000, Washington, DC : report to Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Congress. ([Rockville, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, [2000]), by Council on Graduate Medical Education (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Under the Influence of Modern Medicine (Chandler, AZ: Chiropractic Journal, c1998), by Terry A. Rondberg (PDF at worldchiropracticalliance.org)
• Medical errors : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, February 10, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Patient safety and quality management : hearing before the Subcommittee [on] Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 27, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : [Congressional Sales Office, Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor], 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)

• Medical errors : the Vermont perspective : hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session ... February 16, 2000 (Montpelier, VT). (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (page images at HathiTrust)

• Issues relating to medication errors : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, September 20, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collaborative education to ensure patient safety : Council on Graduate Medical Education & National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice Joint Meeting, September 13-14, 2000, Washington, DC : report to Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Congress. ([Rockville, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, [2000]), by Council on Graduate Medical Education (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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