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What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bady@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

osteopath

Thanks, I'll check it out (though I'm in the US). Also, I researched my chiropractor very thoroughly to ensure that he's not likely to kill or disable me.

edit: turns out my insurance covers osteopathic manipulative medicine, and there's 1 practitioner in my area (25 miles, probably more in the 50 mile range since I'm close to a big city). I will be making an appointment with her. Thanks kind stranger!

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Awesome I hope they are helpful to you ☺️

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The guy who told you to see an osteopath is a little misinformed and had things a bit upside down. Osteopathy is basically just chiropractic and has the same pseudoscientific origins.

However, for historical reasons osteopaths are very different either side of the Atlantic.

In the UK, osteopaths are basically just chiropractors with pretensions. In the US, doctors of Osteopathy are basically just doctors who went to a school that teaches osteopathic nonsense alongside real medicine, and they are licensed and operate as real physicians.