RT Journal
T1 QUackery abroad
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD June 6
VO 307
IS 21
SP 2236
OP 2236
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3015
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3015
AB 
Quackery flourishes the world over. European countries, where on account of strong paternal governments many things are managed well, are not free from this pest. Quacks thrive in England, Germany and other countries of Europe, but benighted Russia seems to keep them in leash better than most other countries. As far back as 1788, laws were provided in Russia protecting the people from all forms of irregular practice, and such laws have continued to hold a restraining hand on quackery down to the present time. By the application of a well-known modern political method, however, a “joker,” which affords a loophole for a certain amount of irregular practice, has been inserted into some of the laws regulating the practice of medicine. Still, the number of quacks in Russia who do business on a large scale is small.