Contents: Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: Early Days. Part Two: Heyday. Part Three: Themes. Part Four: Legislation. Part Five: Epilogue. Index.

Originally published in 1961.

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James Harvey Young

• Frontmatter,
• Preface,
• Acknowledgments,
• Contents,
• 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,
• 7. "To Arms! To Arms!!" and After,
• 8. The Great Outdoors,
• 9. St. George and the Dragon,
• 10. "A Microbe Is a Microbe",
• 11. The Pattern of Patent Medicine Appeals,
• 12. Medicine Show,
• 13. "The Great American Fraud",
• 14. Dr. Wiley's Law,
• 15. Half a Century Later,
• A Note on the Sources,
• Index,