The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America Before Federal Regulation by James Harvey Young

The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America Before Federal Regulation

James Harvey Young

282 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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This is the seminal history of patent medicines in the United States. Especially interesting are attempts at painkilling prior to the 19th century, leading one to speculate on how patent medicine usage may have changed attitudes about pain, or pos...

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