# The Great American Fraud

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The
Great American Fraud
THE
GREAT AMERICAN
FRAUD
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
ARTICLES ON THE NOSTRUM EVIL AND QUACKS, IN TWO SERIES, REPRINTED FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY
SERIES I
The Nostrum Evil
* I.Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* II.Peruna and the Bracers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* III.Liquozone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
* IV.The Subtle Poisons................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
* V.Preying on the Incurables................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* VI.The Fundamental Fakes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
SERIES II
Quacks and Quackery
* I.The Sure-cure School................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* II.The Miracle Workers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* III.The Specialist Humbug................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
* IV.The Scavengers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112
—ALSO—
—AND—
Copyright 1905 and 1906 by P. F. Collier & Son
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