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The golden age of quackery / [Stewart Hall Holbrook].

The curious cures of old England / Nigel Cawthorne.

Ciarlataneria e medicina : cure, maschere, ciarle / Giorgio Cosmacini.

The toadstool millionaires : a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation / [James Harvey Young].

From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee.

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The golden age of quackery / [Stewart Hall Holbrook].

The curious cures of old England / Nigel Cawthorne.

Ciarlataneria e medicina : cure, maschere, ciarle / Giorgio Cosmacini.

The toadstool millionaires : a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation / [James Harvey Young].

From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee.