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A Dutch term for someone who sells ointments boasting medical credentials, origin of the word 'quack'.

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You're Dead to Me
Renaissance Medicine (Radio Edit)

which is a Dutch word for somebody who sells ointments by boasting about their medical credentials. Right, okay, so someone with a little bit of showmanship, razzmatazz, buy my stuff, it'll cure you. What was the Dutch word? Quacksalva. So we've got male surgeons, male physicians, male quacks, and I think Alana, we need to talk about the fact that women weren't hugely involved in healthcare. I suspect they were hugely involved in Culpeper's Herbal.