| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 47 min.) : sd., col., b&w; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Performer |
Narrator, David Ackroyd. |
| Note |
Originally produced for the television show In search of history in 1999. |
| Summary |
In the late nineteenth century, costumed performers roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quatities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their elixirs ofter contained opium, cocaine, mercury, and grain alcohol. |
| Contents |
Hadacol -- First patent medicine -- Placebo effect -- Advertising -- Pitchmen -- The Pure Flood and Drug Act -- Alternative medicines.. |
| Summary |
In the late 19th century, costumed performers dressed as Indians and exotic witch doctors roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quantities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their ingredients often included opium, cocaine, mercury and grain alcohol. |
| Subject |
Medicine shows -- United States.
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Quacks and quackery -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Ackroyd, David.
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Gimbrone, Nancy.
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History Channel (Television network)
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New Video Group.
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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| Added Title |
In search of history (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1422985938 |
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9781422985939 |
| Standard No. |
733961222906 |
| Music No. |
AAAE222900 History |
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