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The growth of the patent medicine industry was rooted in the medical shortcomings of the early 19th century. There were few doctors and those expensive. Prospects were not cheerful even for those who could afford professional medical care.
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www.pilgrimhall.org/PatentMeds1.htm
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Patent medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The phrase is somewhat misleading because for the most part these products were tra...
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Medicine show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Medicine shows were traveling horse and wagon teams which peddled miracle medications and other products between various entertainment acts. Their precise origins unknown, medicine shows were common ...
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Lydia Pinkham’s “Vegetable Compound,” a patent medicine marketed directly to women, was widely sold in the late 19th century. To make the trade relationship seem direct and personal, ... Commodification Meets Black Cohosh; NLM Seminar Focuses on 19th-Century Patent Medicine; By Belle Waring;
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nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2006/04_07_2006/story0...
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Dr. Pierce's 19th century patent medicine ... Dr. R. V. Pierce's patent medicine empire and hospital, ... Dr. R. V. Pierce (portrait and signature) made a range of medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries in the U.S.A., many probably highly alcoholic, just like Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Dr. Pierce was Mrs.
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Selected Items from G.W. Damon's Patent Medicine Collection ... Complete Patent Medicine Collection of G.W. Damon, [street address deleted], Arlington, VA; All specimens are complete as they come from the manufacturer, unless otherwise noted. Revenue stamps are on many. Some boxes have been ... 19th-Century Patent Medicines...
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www.historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=17
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Complete Patent Medicine Collection of G.W. Damon, [street address deleted], Arlington, VA; All specimens are complete as they come from the manufacturer, unless otherwise noted. Revenue stamps are on many. Some boxes have been opened or are top-damaged--most are perfect. ... 19th-Century Patent Medicines...
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www.historywired.si.edu/detail.cfm?ID=18
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[1022x609 24-bit color JPEG, 115515 bytes] ; Dr. Kilmer's Indian Cough Cure Consumption Oil. 19th-century patent medicine card purporting Kilmer's oil to be an authentic Native American remedy.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_04.h...
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Countway Library Records Management Program's Image of the Month: American 19th century patent medicines. ... July 2002 - Art and Artifacts - American 19th-Century Patent Medicines...
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