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The "cure" craze.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamilton, Grant E., artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patent medicines.
- Quacks and quackery--United States--History--19th century.
- Quacks and quackery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, New York : Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co., 1889.
- Notes:
- Collection reference: 2004-99-39
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's catalogue.
- The "Cure" Craze presents a critique of a number of medical systems and remedies employed by nineteenth-century fringe groups: hydropathy, electricity, faith healing, massage, astrology, curing illness by filtering light through blue glass, and, of course, patent medicines. Hamilton's satire depicts the ultimate users of such remedies as asses, and the merchant receiving the money from the treatments as Dr. Quack.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed April 22, 2025).
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