Assertion: patent medicine | /r/CapableOf | sell to the public
Facets:
value: without prescription
type: OTHER
value: without independent verification safety
type: OTHER
value: without efficacy
type: OTHER
value: directly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Patent medicines, often prepared from secret formulas and sold directly to the public without prescription or independent verification safety and efficacy, were not always outright frauds.