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Quackery barber-surgeon inferior doctor; formerly a barber performing dentistry and surgery. [Medicine: Misc.] offered bad burgundy as panacea for lovelessness. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Elixir of Love; EB, 5: 953–954] court physician; practically starves Sancho Panza in the interest of diet. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote] fat, 18th-century quack; professed to cure every imaginable disease. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 888] ignorant physician; believed blood not necessary for life. [Fr. Lit.: Gil Blas] great 18th-century quack, forever advising against disreputable doctors. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 888] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In October 2003, the Bureau of MediCal Fraud and Elder Care Abuse put a hidden camera in the room of Maria Mendoza, a then-80-year-old resident of SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation-East in Escondido, Calif. Increasingly, assistance in fighting medical fraud can be found in the offices of state health departments. ``The Attorney General's Office has made elder abuse and fighting medical fraud a priority,'' said spokeswoman Sandra Michioku. |
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