词条 | Dan King (skeptic) |
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| name = Dan King | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1791 | birth_place = Mansfield, Connecticut | death_date = 1864 | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Physician | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}Dan King (1791-1864) was an American physician and early skeptical writer.[1] King was born in Mansfield, Connecticut.[2] He practiced medicine in Rhode Island and Massachusetts until his retirement in 1859. King is most notable for his book Quackery Unmasked (1858) which heavily criticized homeopathy and other alternative medicine claims.[3] He was also critical of the use of tobacco and published a book on its negative health effects.[3] Publications
References1. ^Hyamson, Albert M. (1995). A Dictionary of Universal Biography of All Ages of All Peoples. Clearfield Company. p. 336. {{ISBN|978-0806345468}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Dan}}2. ^Kelly, Howard Atwood; Burrage, Walter Lincoln. (1920). American Medical Biographies. Norman, Remington Company. p. 660 3. ^1 Hoolihan, Christopher. (2002). An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform: Volume I, A-L. University of Rochester Press. p. 587. {{ISBN|978-1580460989}} 6 : 1791 births|1864 deaths|Physicians from Rhode Island|American skeptics|Critics of alternative medicine|People from Mansfield, Connecticut |
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