Nationality American Died 1864 | Occupation Physician | |
Books QUACKERY UNMASKED, Naked in Haiti, Tobacco: What it Is - and what, Japanese Military Sake Cup, The life and times of Thoma | ||
Dan King (1791-1864) was an American physician and early skeptical writer.
King was born in Mansfield, Connecticut. 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.
He was also critical of the use of tobacco and published a book on its negative health effects.
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