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THE

GREAT AMERICAN

FRAUD


By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS


ARTICLES ON THE NOSTRUM EVIL AND QUACKS, IN TWO SERIES, REPRINTED FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY


SERIES I

The Nostrum Evil

  1. I.
    Introduction
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		3
  2. II.
    Peruna and the Bracers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		12
  3. III.
    Liquozone
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		23
  4. IV.
    The Subtle Poisons
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		32
  5. V.
    Preying on the Incurables
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		45
  6. VI.
    The Fundamental Fakes
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		55



SERIES II

Quacks and Quackery

  1. I.
    The Sure-cure School
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		70
  2. II.
    The Miracle Workers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		85
  3. III.
    The Specialist Humbug
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		99
  4. IV.
    The Scavengers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		112



—ALSO—

The Patent Medicine Conspiracy Against the Freedom of the Press.

—AND—

"Confidential."—The treatment accorded private letters by the nostrum manufacturers.

Copyright 1905 and 1906 by P. F. Collier & Son

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