Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

When a doctor is referred to as a quack, it usually means that person is a fraud, or

doesn't know what they're talking about.

The term derives from the word quack-selver, which itself is an archaic Dutch word, meaning

hawker of self.

Today, we might call them a snake oil salesman, but back then, men would stand on street

corners and shout about the curative properties of whatever ointment or tincture they were

trying to sell.

Almost all of it false.

Not all of their sales tactics were stationary, though.

A dentist in 1770's London had the bright idea to take his show on the road.

His name was Martin Van Butchle, and he wrote upon a white pony with purple spots.

He painted those on himself, though.

Butchle advertised his practice in local papers, often boasting about his talent set dental

reconstruction.

A real or artificial teeth, his ad-read, from one to an incire set.

He promised top of the line hardware fitted to the individual with no pain.

Suffice it to say, he didn't quite live up to those promises, but that didn't stop

people from flocking to his door.

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