The Golden Age of Quackery By Stewart H Holbrook

1959 Hardcover ,1st Edition

Dust Jacket

Vintage

The Macmillan Co

Very Good Condition

History- Medical

The Golden Age of Quackery by Stewart H. Holbrook is a 1959 book that chronicles the history of patent medicine frauds and miracle cures in the United States, detailing the flamboyant era of "sure cures" for all ailments that ended with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1907. The book covers the rise of these deceptive products, the colorful characters who sold them, and the public's gullibility before regulations were put in place.