Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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[1911]
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Credit: Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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