A closer look

For those who think drinking a morning latte isn't quite invasive enough, Max Gerson pioneered the absolute nadir of alternative medicine. In a desperate and entirely unscientific bid to cure cancer, he mandated pumping massive amounts of brewed black coffee directly up patients' rectums. The rationale was that rectal caffeine would somehow magically detoxify the liver. Instead, it mostly just caused fatal electrolyte imbalances and a very jittery demise.