Published On Mar 23, 2023
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Poisons! Poisons! We love poisons in today's ranking of some scary nasty stuff the Victorians tried to pass off as medicines, some of which are still being sold today. Come learn with me about why you should NOT trust cure-alls.
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The Influence of Victorian âPatent Medicinesâ on the Development of Early 20th Century Medical Practice by F. Charles Tring
The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print by Alan Mackintosh
The Pharmacology of Nineteenth-Century Patent Medicines by J. Worth Estes
Nervous Women and Noble Savages: The Romanticized âOtherâ in Nineteenth-Century US Patent Medicine Advertising by JANE MARCELLUS
The Commodity Culture of Victorian England: Advertising and Spectacle, 1851-1914 by Thomas Richards
The Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire by Verity Holloway
British Patent Medicines: âInjurious Rubbishâ? By Lori Loeb
From Cure-alls to Calcium Tablets: A Comparative Semiotic Analysis of Advertisements for 19th and 20th Century Patent Medicines and Contemporary Dietary Supplements by Karin A. Albrecht
National Museum of American Historyâ Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection https://americanhistory.si.edu/collec...
Digital Public Library of Americaâ Quack Cures and Self-Remedies: Patent Medicine https://dp.la/exhibitions/patent-medi...
Patent medicines and the public's health. By J Parascandola
Snake Oil Salesmen Were on to Something by Cynthia Graber for Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Bitter medicine: gout and the birth of the cocktail by Richard Barnett for The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
Secret remedies : what they cost and what they contain by British Medical Association
Annals Of Weight-Loss Gimmicks: From Bile Beans To Obesity Soap by Scott Hensley for NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...
Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show By Ann Anderson