| In the interest of all who value their purse and their health: a brief history of the ''Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij''--Society Against Quackery--of the Netherlands. | |
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PMID: 19926608 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Discontentment with the massive violations of the influential Dutch Prime Minister's (Johan Rudolf Thorbecke) health laws led to the foundation of the Dutch Society Against Quackery, in 1880. Within a few years, the Society had more than 1,100 members. Initially, quackery mostly consisted of the unauthorized practice of medicine and the peddling of industrially manufactured ''secret remedies.'' Since the 50s however, the energy of the society focused mainly on magnetizers, especially after they gained support from the field of parapsychology, lay manipulators of the back and herb doctors. The most important object of the society since 1980 has been the fight against the so-called alternative medicine, of which Chinese acupuncture, homeopathy, manipulative therapy, anthroposophical medicine, and naturopathy are prominent targets. Despite numerous costly lawsuits, the society still survives and is probably the oldest as well as the largest of its kind in the world. |
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Authors:
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Cees N M Renckens |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Title: Evaluation & the health professions Volume: 32 ISSN: 1552-3918 ISO Abbreviation: Eval Health Prof Publication Date: 2009 Dec |
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Created Date: 2009-11-27 Completed Date: 2010-03-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7805992 Medline TA: Eval Health Prof Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 343-8 Citation Subset: H; T |
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Dutch Society Against Quackery, Netherlands. renckens@xs4all.nl |
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Complementary Therapies
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history* History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Netherlands Quackery / history*, prevention & control* Societies / history |
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