The great American fraud : articles on the nostrum evil and quacks, in two series, reprinted from Collier's weekly / by Samuel Hopkins Adams.

  • Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.
Date:
1907
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Credit: The great American fraud : articles on the nostrum evil and quacks, in two series, reprinted from Collier's weekly / by Samuel Hopkins Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 purpose, several of them afterward admitted that they had never tasted the “Compound,” but that they were willing to sign the testimonials for the joy of appearing in print as “prominent citizens.” Another Chicago news- paper compelled its political editor to tout for fake indorsements of a nostrum. A man with an inside knowledge of the patent-medicine business made some investigations into this phase of the matter, and he declares that such procurement of testimonials became so established as to have the force of a system, only two Chicago papers being free from it. To-day, V This Contract is Void if Patent Sheets with Advertisements are Used. ThreeVears' Advertising Contract. XX- .l- -tr x County of ^ State of \ We hereby agree^ith CH£NJY MEDICINE COMPANY, for the sum of /x DOLLARS,Lto insert the advertisement of , HALL’S CATARRSC^URE,” containing matter as per copy furnished (set in \ our regular reading matter type) to be published each issue of Fa per and j to appear in. regular reading ’matter not to be preceded by any paid notice, and on local or editorial page. Said, advertisement to be run for three years with the privilege of twelve changes annually. X7 PaajinxjWs to be ]f/hlc semi-annually. AdvertisQnhCnts tybb published in Daily....fgg.Z yftd- Weekly.gf. Published* atf/. Wc also agree to mail a copy of each isspc containing u Ad/’ to Cheney Medicine Co., Toledo, Ohio, Circulation, Daily..^ P^.J... 1 Circulation, Weekly- it is mutually agreed that this Contract Is void, if any law is enacted by your State restricting or prohibiting the manufacture or sale of proprietary medicines. Remarks Name of Paper Per A - - '/X' .vL Manager. CHENEY MEDICINEjC Per.. A CONTRACT CONTAINING THE RED CLAUSE. The “Red Clause” Is shown in heavy type, beginning with the words “It is mutually agreed . . .” The Gazette has recently decided to exclude all patent-medicine advertising from its columns. lie adds, a similar “deal” could he made with half a dozen of that city’s dailies. It is disheartening to note that in the case of one important and high-class daily, the Pittsburg Gazette, a trial rejection of all patent- medicine advertising received absolutely no support or encouragement from the public; so the paper reverted to its old policy. One might expect from the medical press freedom from such influences. 9