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The
Nineteenth Century was a magical time full of miracle elixirs that could
cure anything from whooping cough to liver ailments to blood poisoning
to tuberculosis to poor complexion - and all things in between! Yes,
Medical Quackery was a fine art in the days prior to the FDA and the
newspapers of the time were filled with advertisements extolling the
curative powers of the latest miracle tonics (which usually consisted
of little more than alcohol).
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So,
please, step right up and read all about it!! You'll be glad you did!
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| Dreadfully Nervous | Karl's Clover Root Tea |
| Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery | Life Oozing Out Of You? Then Try Dr. Pierce! |
| Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets | The Cure For Windy Belching |
| General Grant's Case | Warner's Safe Cure |
| Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic | Makes Children Fat As Pigs! |
| He Died In Open Court | Warner's Safe Cure |
| Hostetter's Celebrated Stomach Bitters | Ward Off Rheumatism! |
| A Little Sufferer | Hood's Sarsaparilla |
| Nerves | Hood's Sarsaparilla |
| "3-Day Malaria Cure" | Yeah, I am so sure... |
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Crackpots
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| Dr. H. Ehrlich, The Eminent Oculist and Auirst | Catarrh and Deafness Positively Cured! |
 Dreadful Sentiments... |
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