The world of 19th century patent medicine

Posted by benbreen on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @03:28PM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

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Re:The world of 19th century patent medicine by diamondtrim on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @04:54PM (#9695303)

So, pretty much like my Ginseng dealer of today?

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Re:The world of 19th century patent medicine by phreeza on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @04:02PM (#9694905)

I like that the advertisement for the paper-mache elephant points out that "this is a better thing than it appears to be"!

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Re:The world of 19th century patent medicine by ourmandave on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @04:22PM (#9695034)

I'm going to play Oregon Trail and know exactly what to buy after reading this article.

Or maybe what not to buy...

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