Title: The toadstool millionaires
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.
Subjects: Law and legislation, Patent medicines, Nostrums, History, Spécialités pharmaceutiques, Droit, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Drug Industry, History of Pharmacy, Quackery, Pharmacy
Places: United States