8 Cures That Did More Harm Than Good...
Once upon a time, and not all that long ago, the medicine you took had more to do with advertising and wish...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/13/8-Cures-That-Did-More-Harm-Than-Good/
Neatorama Posts Tagged with "patent medicine"
The Golden Age of Quackery...
The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo... ...fore Mom got a little mass-produced help from the medicine men. Doctor Chilton offered a guaranteed "Fev... ...me for bowel loosener. One of the most successful medicine men was Doctor Ayer, who used saturation newspape... ...rothers became milliona...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/02/the-golden-age-of-quackery/
How Snake Oil Got a Bad Rap...
We use the term "snake oil" for anything promoted... ...ed as a cure-all that doesn't work, whether it is medicine or political policy. But back in the 1860s, Chine... ...1989 analysis published in the Western Journal of Medicine , Chinese water-snake oil contains 20 percent eico...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/05/21/how-snake-oil-got-a-bad-rap/
10 Headache Medicines of Yore to Avoid
Got a headache? Well, nowadays you pop an ibuprofe... ...published a story that outlined the dangers of 10 patent medicines for headaches:THERE are ten drugs often contained... ...headaches:THERE are ten drugs often contained in patent headache medicines which are so dangerou...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/15/10-headache-medicines-of-yore-to-avoid/
Mark Twain Pwns Snake Oil Salesman...
I'm a little late in posting this, but it's too aw... ...s a copy of a 1905 letter sent by Mark Twain to a patent medicine salesman who tried to sell bogus medicine . Twain was furious to have received the pitch as...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/03/mark-twain-pwns-snake-oil-salesman/NeatoShop Products Tagged with "patent medicine"
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