The toadstool millionaires
Subtitle: a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Patent medicines.; Patent medicines -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Description: This book is about the history of proprietary medicines in America, from the early 18th century appearance of patented brands from England to the early 20th-century enactment of national legislation to restrain abuses in the packaged medicine industry. The author traces the development of patent medicine promotion and criticism, relating it to broader trends in health, education, journalism, marketing, and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.