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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, Technology, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1960s, Face and Facial Expressions
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Category: New Age, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Books, 1920s
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Category: Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, Tobacco and Smoking, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1950s
Saskatoon Phoenix - Feb 8, 1928
Sydney Sunday Times - Feb 5, 1928
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 12, 2023 -
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Category: Paranormal, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1920s
Mechanix Illustrated - Sep 1949
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Inventions, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1940s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 16, 2023 -
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Category: Food, Cookbooks, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Dieting and Weight Loss
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 26, 2023 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century
Cosmopolitan - Feb 1957
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 05, 2023 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1950s
Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 28, 2022 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1970s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Albert Abrams (December 8, 1863 – January 13, 1924) was a controversial American physician, well known during his life for inventing machines, such as the "Oscilloclast" and the "Radioclast", which he falsely claimed could diagnose and cure almost any disease.[1] These claims were challenged from the outset. Towards the end of his life, and again shortly after his death, many of his machines and conclusions were demonstrated to be intentionally deceptive or false.[2]
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 14, 2022 -
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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Medicine, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1920s
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