Good For What Ails You: Dayton's Golden Age of Patent Medicine
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Dayton was once a hotbed for patent medicine sellers and manufacturers. It was a time of Redfern's Indian Tonic and Hirsch's Ambition Tablets, of liniments and cure-alls, of pills and powders and the occasional health potion.Step inside this book and see the lure of the ads, almanacs, trade cards and testimonials that sold a city, as well as a nation, on the idea of do-it-yourself medication. Discover the story of a Dayton traveling medicine show, a failed cure that caused a young woman to be murdered, and a dead man's testimonial of how he was feeling much better after taking a stimulating elixir.Here, in all its original color, is the history of the reckless and robust golden age of patent medicines in the Gem City.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1492894060
ISBN13:9781492894063
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:102 Pages
Weight:1.12 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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