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Professor Mike Cross<\/p><\/div>\n

Michael Cross, associate professor of chemistry at Northern Essex Community College, will give a presentation on \u201cMedical Quackery\u201d on Dec. 5. at 7 p.m. as a part of the annual meeting of the Georgetown Historical Society. \u00a0Free and open to the public, the presentation will be held at the Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple St., Georgetown, MA.<\/p>\n

Following a brief business meeting, Professor Cross will discuss the Golden Age of Quackery, a time when snake oil salesmen sold patent medicines to an unsuspecting public.<\/p>\n

The lecture will present many of the scientific and medical \u201cquack\u201d tonics and devices so prevalent during the 19th and 20th centuries as well as their modern counterparts.<\/p>\n

Cross promises that those attending will learn to tell scientific fact from fiction and avoid falling prey to the snake oil huckster of today.<\/p>\n

Cross teaches chemistry and forensic science at Northern Essex. He believes that education should be fun and exciting. He enjoys incorporating demonstrations and magic tricks into his teaching.<\/p>\n

Mike holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Utah where he specialized in oxidative lesions in DNA and RNA.<\/p>\n

Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n

His presentation is part of NECC\u2019s Speakers\u2019 Bureau. \u00a0\u00a0For more information on the college\u2019s Speakers\u2019 Bureau visit the website, call 978 556-3862 or email speakersbureau@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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