Saturday, May
7, 2011 I
wrote: Quackery.
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Reproduction
of a typical "bust developer" advertisement of the
Aurum Company. The address 79 Deaborn Street was also that
of the defunct "Physician's Institute."
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Nostrum: A medicine, esp. an ineffective one, prepared by an
unqualified person.
NOSTRUMS AND QUACKERY
Articles on the Nostrum Evil
and Quackery
Reprinted from The Journal
of The American Medical Association
PART I: QUACKERY
ADVERTISING SPECIALISTS
CAXCER CURES
CONSUMPTION CURES
DRUG CURES
"FEMALE WEAKNESS" CURES
MAIL-ORDER MEDTCAL CONCERNS
MECHANICAL FAKES
MEDICAL INSTITUTES
PART II: NOSTRUMS
ASTHMA CURES
CURE-ALLS
COUGH MEDICINES
NOSTRUMS FOR DIABETES
HABIT-FORMING NOSTRUMS
HAIR DYES, ETC
HEADACHE CURES
KIDNEY PILLS AND SIMILAR NOSTRUMS
LAXATIVES
MISBRANDED DRUGS AND FOODS
MISCELLANEOUS NOSTRUMS
OBESITY CURES
PRESCRIPTION FAKES
RHEUMATISM CURES
PART III: MISCELLANEOUS
1.
The Confidence of Quacks
2.
The American College of Mechano-Therapy
3.
Molding Opinion on Food Preservatives BORAX IN FOOD?
4.
Patent Medicine Makers and the Press.
5.
Mrs. Price's Canning Compound
6.
Testimonials
7. Press-Clippings
and Nostrum Enterprise
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Reproduction of a full-page advertisement from the Boston American,
March 31, 1909.
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KELLOGG'S SAFE FAT REDUCER by F. J.
Kellogg, Battle Creek, Mich., the essential drug in this preparation is thyroid
extract, and. it also contained poke root and toasted bread.
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