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Author:

Anderson, Ann, 1951-

Title:

Snake oil, hustlers and hambones : the American medicine show / Ann Anderson ; foreword by Heinrich R. Falk.

Publisher:

McFarland & Company,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

ix, 190 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Quacks and quackery--United States--History--19th century.
Medicine shows--United States--History--19th century.
Healers--United States--History--19th century.
Patent medicines--United States--History--19th century.
Quackery--history--United States.
Drugs, Non-Prescription--history--United States.
History of Medicine, 19th Cent.--United States.
Medicine shows--United States--History--19th century.
Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

10. Curtain comes down. 2. Colonial and pioneer medicine set the stage for the patent-medicine industry -- 3. Patent medicines: good for what ails you -- 4. Museums, circuses, and the wild, wild west -- 5. Blackface and slapstick -- 6. That old-time religion -- 7. Street corners and big tents -- 8. Medicine: show life and tricks of the trade -- 9. Yahoo, hadacol! -- 10. Curtain comes down.

ISBN:

9780786408009 (illus. case : alk. paper)
0786408006 (illus. case : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43542034
(OCoLC)45337029

LCCN:

00030486

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)