The Toadstool Millionaires : : A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation / / James Harvey Young.
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: Early Days. Part Two: Heyday. Part Three: Themes. Part Four: Legislation. Part Five: Epilogue. Index.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print book...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1961 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Part One: Early Days
- 1. "At the Sign of Galen's Head"
- 2. "Galvanising Trumpery"
- 3. Vials and Vermifuges
- 4. 'The Old Wizzard"
- 5. Hercules and Hydra
- 6. Purgation Unlimited
- Part Two: Heyday
- 7. "To Arms! To Arms!!" and After
- 8. The Great Outdoors
- 9. St. George and the Dragon
- 10. "A Microbe Is a Microbe"
- Part Three: Themes
- 11. The Pattern of Patent Medicine Appeals
- 12. Medicine Show
- Part Four: Legislation
- 13. "The Great American Fraud"
- 14. Dr. Wiley's Law
- Part Five: Epilogue
- 15. Half a Century Later
- A Note on the Sources
- Index