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Patent medicine

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Cures and Quackery: The Rise of Patent Medicines

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Tracing Indigenous Medicine to Patent Medicines | Tending Nature | KCET

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History 101 - Patent Medicine

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Patent Medicine

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What does patent medicine mean?

A patent medicine, also known as a nostrum is a commercial product advertised as a purported over-the-counter medicine, without regard to its effectiveness.
    • Patent medicines and advertising 

    • Ingredients and their uses 

    • The end of the patent medicine era 

    • Surviving consumer products from the patent medicine era