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	Quackery Quackery Quackery is a type of health fraud that promotes products and services that have questionable and unproven scientific bases. Quackery is short for quack-salver, which is derived from two Middle Dutch terms that mean "healing with unguents." However, quacken means "to... Read more
	Cure CURE Freud clearly stated that "the aim of the treatment will never be anything else but the practical recovery of the patient" (1904a, p. 253). He also declared that "Psycho-analysis was born out of medical necessity. It sprang from the need for bringing help to neurotic patients, who had found no... Read more
	The Cure The Cure New Wave Goth band For the Record… Controversial Read more
	Aeneas (Bible) Aeneas , palsied man whom Peter cured in the Acts of the Apostles.... Read more
	Naaman Naaman . In the Bible, Syrian captain whom Elisha cured miraculously of leprosy.... Read more
	Dried meat Beef Jerky Background Beef jerky is a type of snack food that is made by marinating beef in a curing solution and drying it. Meat treated in this way has a long shelf life and a unique flavor. Invention of this meat processing technology is attributed to Native Americans who... Read more
	placebo placebo , inert substance given instead of a potent drug . Placebo medications are sometimes prescribed when a drug is not really needed or when one would not be appropriate because they make patients feel well taken care of. Placebos are also used as controls in scientific studies on the... Read more
	venereal disease venereal disease (VD) Any of a number of diseases transmitted through sexual contact, chief of which are syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chancroid. Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Penicillin and its derivatives can still cure syphilis in its early stages. Gonorrhoea is caused by... Read more
	Bernadette Bernadette ♀ (French) feminine diminutive of Bernard. Its use in Britain and Ireland is largely confined to Roman Catholics, who take it in honour of St Bernadette Soubirous (1844–79), a French peasant girl who had visions of the Virgin Mary and uncovered a spring near Lourdes... Read more
	dentistry dentistry treatment and care of the teeth and associated oral structures. Dentistry is mainly concerned with tooth decay, disease of the supporting structures, such as the gums, and faulty positioning of the teeth. Like medicine and surgery, it is practiced in specialized fields: oral surgery,... Read more