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wetherall | 17:51 Wed 16th Jun 2004 | Phrases & Sayings

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why are doctors called quacks

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Originally a quack meant a false doctor or an unqualified person practicing medicine, deriving from 'quacksalver'. A quacksalver (from the Dutch 'quacken' to prattle, and 'salve', a healing ointment) was a person who went around selling useless medicines claiming that they were miraculous cures.

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