The toadstool millionaires a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation
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
eBook, English, 1961
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1961