The Great American Fraud

by Samuel Hopkins Adams

The

Great American Fraud

THE

GREAT AMERICAN

FRAUD

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By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

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ARTICLES ON THE NOSTRUM EVIL AND QUACKS, IN TWO SERIES, REPRINTED FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY

SERIES I

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The Nostrum Evil

1. I.

   Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   3

2. II.

   Peruna and the Bracers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   12

3. III.

   Liquozone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   23

4. IV.

   The Subtle Poisons ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   32

5. V.

   Preying on the Incurables ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

6. VI.

   The Fundamental Fakes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   55

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SERIES II

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Quacks and Quackery

1. I.

   The Sure-cure School ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   70

2. II.

   The Miracle Workers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   85

3. III.

   The Specialist Humbug ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   99

4. IV.

   The Scavengers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   112

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—ALSO—

The Patent Medicine Conspiracy Against the Freedom of the Press.

—AND—

"Confidential."—The treatment accorded private letters by the nostrum manufacturers.

 

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