The toadstool millionaires : a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation / James Harvey Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, James Harvey, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patent medicines.

Patent medicines--Law and legislation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1972.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: Early Days. Part Two: Heyday. Part Three: Themes. Part Four: Legislation. Part Five: Epilogue. Index.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Part One: Early Days

1. "At the Sign of Galen's Head"

2. "Galvanising Trumpery"

3. Vials and Vermifuges

4. 'The Old Wizzard"

5. Hercules and Hydra

6. Purgation Unlimited

Part Two: Heyday

7. "To Arms! To Arms!!" and After

8. The Great Outdoors

9. St. George and the Dragon

10. "A Microbe Is a Microbe"

Part Three: Themes

11. The Pattern of Patent Medicine Appeals

12. Medicine Show

Part Four: Legislation

13. "The Great American Fraud"

14. Dr. Wiley's Law

Part Five: Epilogue

15. Half a Century Later

A Note on the Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-691-62000-8

0-691-64685-6

1-4008-6900-5

OCLC:

599159278