Indian J Med Sci. 2000 Jul; 54(7): 290-2.

Price of visiting a quack--case reports.

Kulkarni ND.

Lot of patients visit quacks for anal canal ailment in the hope of low cost, operation less cure. Most of them face incomplete, infective treatment and suffer from prolonged morbidity. They are shy to come forward to tell about these complications and visit the hospitals only when they are in miserable situation. Two such cases are described here.