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Medicine sold regardless of effectiveness
A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised
Patent_medicine
A patent medicine, also known as a proprietary medicine or a nostrum (from the Latin nostrum remedium, or "our remedy") is a commercial product advertised
List_of_patent_medicines
Herbal medicines in ready-to-use form
Chinese patent medicine (CPM, simplified Chinese: 科学中药; traditional Chinese: 科學中藥; pinyin: kēxúe zhōngyào; lit. 'scientific Chinese medicine' or simplified
Chinese_patent_medicine
Supposed universal remedy
native to the New World. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, many "patent medicines" were claimed to be panaceas, and they became very popular through
Panacea_(medicine)
Withdrawn radioactive patent medicine
Radithor was a radioactive patent medicine brand of distilled water containing at least 1 microcurie (37 kBq) each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes
Radithor
Former American patent medicine
Peruna was a well-known patent medicine sold from the late-19th to mid-20th century. It was invented by Samuel Brubaker Hartman and was endorsed by hundreds
Peruna_(patent_medicine)
Euphemism for false advertising
elixirs, to be sold at medicine shows as medication or products promoting health. Patent medicines originated in England, where a patent was granted to Richard
Snake_oil
Touring act
Medicine shows were touring acts (traveling by truck, horse, or wagon teams) that peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines and other products between various
Medicine_show
Promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices
marketing of Eau de Cologne as a cure-all medicine by Johann Maria Farina and his imitators. Patent medicines often contained alcohol or opium, which,
Quackery
International organisation
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is a Unitaid-backed internat ional organisation founded in July 2010, based in Geneva, Switzerland. MPP's mandate is to
Medicines_Patent_Pool
Quack medical product
manufactured and marketed in North America as part of the lucrative patent medicine industry, which thrived during most of the 19th and 20th centuries
Dr._Morse's_Indian_Root_Pills
American amateur golfer (1880–1932)
died from jawbone cancer after consuming 1,400 bottles of Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in water. The son of industrialist
Eben_Byers
Miles Laboratories sedative patent medicine (1884–ca.1970)
Nervine was a patent medicine tonic with sedative effects introduced in 1884 by Dr. Miles Medical Company (later Miles Laboratories which was absorbed
Nervine
Patent on an invention in the field of biology
A biological patent is a patent on an invention in the field of biology that by law allows the patent holder to exclude others from making, using, selling
Biological_patent
Opium-based sedative in Victorian Britain
Godfrey's Cordial was a patent medicine, containing laudanum (tincture of opium) in a sweet syrup, which was commonly used as a sedative to quiet infants
Godfrey's_Cordial
Patent medicine
Godbold's Vegetable Balsam was an English patent medicine concocted by Nathaniel Godbold (d.1799) in 1785, and produced by Godbold and later his sons
Godbold's_Vegetable_Balsam
American patent medicine
Liver Pills (Carter's Little Pills after 1959) were formulated as a patent medicine by Samuel J. Carter of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1868. The active ingredient
Carter's_Little_Liver_Pills
Unscientific healthcare practices
practices are New Age medicine, pseudo-medicine, unorthodox medicine, holistic medicine, fringe medicine, and unconventional medicine, with little distinction
Alternative_medicine
Patent medicine produced from 1890 to 1970s
late 19th to early 20th-century patent medicine containing mostly ferrous sulfate. It was produced by Dr. Williams Medicine Company, the trading arm of G
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
Dr._Williams'_Pink_Pills_for_Pale_People
Canada and the United States as a patent medicine from the 1850s into the early twentieth century. Like many patent medicines, it was advertised as a unique
Dr._Thomas'_Eclectric_Oil
Form of alternative medicine
Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting
Naturopathy
Chinese herbal throat remedy
Jiom Pei Pa Koa or simply Nin Jiom Herbal Cough Syrup, is a Chinese patent medicine used for the relief of sore throat, coughs, hoarseness and aphonia
Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa
Patent medicine used as a purgative
Black draught (Latin: Haustous) was a patent medicine used as a purgative in the 19th century and well into the early part of the 20th century, with veterinarians
Black_Draught
Ancient Greek and Roman system of medicine involving four fluid types
Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek
Humorism
Traditional patent medicine
camphorated tincture of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata, is a patent medicine known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties
Paregoric
Indian scientist and inventor
was patented in the US on 27 June 1922. He made no money from it but shortly after that he promoted a form of iodine termed as "atomidine" as a patent medicine
Shankar_Abaji_Bhise
American businessman (1822–1918)
March 14, 1918) was an American businessman and the younger brother of patent medicine tycoon James Cook Ayer. Ayer was born on December 8, 1822, in Ledyard
Frederick_Ayer
Canadian regulatory agency
The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB; French: Conseil d'examen du prix des médicaments brevetés) is a federal quasi-judicial regulatory and
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Patented_Medicine_Prices_Review_Board
Pseudoscientific alternative medicine
Energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine based on a pseudo-scientific belief that healers can channel "healing energy" into patients and effect
Energy_medicine
livestock species in a Chinese patent medicine approved as a prescription drug in China. More Traditional Chinese medicine also includes some human parts:
Traditional_Chinese_medicine
Abnormal change in size of the neck lymph nodes
was briefly revived by Charles X in 1825. Physicians, healers, and patent medicine sellers offered a wide range of cures. Among them were treatments involving
Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
Mycobacterial_cervical_lymphadenitis
Balsam of Life was a patent medicine developed by English merchant Robert Turlington. He succeeded in obtaining a royal patent from King George II in
Turlington's_Balsam
Soft drink
United States in the 19th century. According to advertisements for patent medicines of the period, it was considered to be a remedy for skin and blood
Sarsaparilla_(drink)
Cola soft drink
brand. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, Coca-Cola was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton
Coca-Cola
Former occupational disease caused by radium, resulting in deformation of the jawbones
radium dial painters. It also affected those consuming radium-laden patent medicines. The condition is similar to phossy jaw, an osteoporotic and osteonecrotic
Radium_jaw
Carbonated beverage
United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts
Moxie
American patent medicine
Hamlin's Wizard Oil was an American patent medicine sold as a cure-all under the slogan "There is no Sore it will Not Heal, No Pain it will not Subdue
Hamlin's_Wizard_Oil
Illicit acts involving radioactive material
that were neither scientific nor verifiable. Radithor, a well known patent medicine or snake oil, is possibly the best known example of radioactive quackery
Crimes involving radioactive substances
Crimes_involving_radioactive_substances
Person engaging in deceptive practices
or faker. Quack is a reference to quackery or the practice of dubious medicine, including the sale of snake oil, or a person who does not have medical
Charlatan
January 1839 – 12 April 1910) was the maker of Hamlin's Wizard Oil, a patent medicine. He was born on 26 January 1839 in Bristol Township, Morgan County
Lysander_Butler_Hamlin
Drink valued for its medicinal or restorative properties
called distilled cordial waters. These were strictly used as alcoholic medicines, prescribed in small doses to invigorate and revitalise the heart, body
Cordial_(medicine)
Australian businessman, photographer and politician (1838–1885)
which he served until his death. Holtermann was also interested in patent medicine. He was proud of having cured fellow passengers on his 1858 sea voyage
Bernhardt_Holtermann
Liquid distilled from pine resin
Willacoochee, Georgia Naval stores – Term for resins used in shipbuilding Patent medicine – over-the-counter "proprietary" medications Retsina – Greek wine flavored
Turpentine
American fraudster (born c. 1854)
American herbalist and quack doctor who marketed a "snake oil" as a patent medicine, styling himself the "Rattlesnake King" until his fraudulent products
Clark_Stanley
Perpetual motion machine
entertainer Kohei Minato, who applied for patents in 1988, 1997 and 2005. The European Patent Office has not recognized a patent application for a magnet motor.
Magnet_motor
Patent medicine
Advertisements for Zam-Buk Zam-Buk is a patent medicine which was produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England, founded by Charles Edward Fulford
Zam-Buk
1906 United States consumer protection law
as Samuel Hopkins Adams, targeted the patent medicine industry with its high-alcoholic content patent medicines, soothing syrups for infants with opium
Pure_Food_and_Drug_Act
Mrs. Joe Person, was an American medicine entrepreneur and musician. She manufactured and marketed a patent medicine called Mrs. Joe Person’s Remedy,
Alice_Morgan_Person
Form of pseudoscientific alternative medicine
Chiropractic (/ˌkaɪroʊˈpræktɪk/) is a controversial form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders
Chiropractic
Dietary supplement derived from liver of cod fish
was given to children in the United States in the 19th century as a patent medicine and by the end of the century was being praised by doctors in medical
Cod_liver_oil
Form of psychotherapy
Science Based Medicine. Society for SBM. Retrieved 12 July 2020. Novella S (23 October 2024). "EMDR Is Still Dubious". Science-Based Medicine. de Jongh A
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing
American inventor and salesman (1884–1949)
was an American patent medicine inventor and salesman. A Harvard University dropout, Bailey falsely claimed to be a doctor of medicine and promoted the
William_J._A._Bailey
Pseudoscientific healing technique
Reiki is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine created by Mikao Usui in Japan in the 1920s. Reiki practitioners use a
Reiki
Set of ideas and practices adopted by Scientologists
Scientology, after several practitioners were arrested for practicing medicine without a license and a prosecution trial was pending against the first
Dianetics
Fortified wine and former patent medicine
sold worldwide. In the US it was advertised as a "nerve revitaliser". The medicine was prohibited in Australia in 1915 during World War I and a British-made
Sanatogen
American patent medicine, created 1845
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was a patent medicine supposedly compounded by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow, and first marketed by her son-in-law Jeremiah
Mrs._Winslow's_Soothing_Syrup
Former American general interest magazine
are advertised and sold as medicines, but which in reality are practically cocktails. Since these articles on patent medicine frauds were announced in Collier's
Collier's
Patent medicine
conditioner. The product sold by Fulford and Gilbert was not the first patent medicine marketed as "Bile Beans". A different type of Bile Beans was invented
Bile_Beans
Alternative medicine technique
Crystal healing is a pseudoscientific, alternative medicine practice that uses semiprecious stones and crystals such as quartz, agate, amethyst or opal
Crystal_healing
Foretelling the future through the study of the palm
Baltzell Press. ISBN 978-1-4437-6535-0. Omura, Yoshiaki (2003). Acupuncture Medicine: Its Historical and Clinical Background. Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 978-0-486-42850-5
Palmistry
Pseudoscientific concept by Wilhelm Reich
However, there was no empirical support for the concept of orgone in medicine or the physical sciences, and research into the concept concluded with
Orgone
Chinese patent medicine
traditional Chinese: 風油精; pinyin: Fēngyóu jīng) is a type of topical Chinese patent medicine, usually in the form of a liniment or oily liquid with a light green
Fengyou_essence
Patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement; known for its 12% alcohol content
Hadacol was a patent medicine marketed as a vitamin supplement. Its principal attraction, however, was that it contained 12 percent alcohol (listed on
Hadacol
Form of alternative medicine
Anthroposophic medicine (or anthroposophical medicine) is a form of alternative medicine based on pseudoscientific and occult notions. Devised in the
Anthroposophic_medicine
Pseudoscientific alternative medicine originating from India
three substances in close to 21% of US and Indian-manufactured patent ayurvedic medicines sold through the Internet. The public health implications of such
Ayurveda
Topics referred to by the same term
leather Patent medicine, a medical compound of questionable effectiveness Patent bet, in the UK, a type of wager A botanical term Plant Patent Act of 1930
Patent_(disambiguation)
Coca wine by John Pemberton
medicinal properties for his French Wine Coca, which was marketed as a patent medicine. French Wine Coca was marketed mostly to upper class intellectuals
Pemberton's_French_Wine_Coca
Alternative medicine practice for ear cleaning
coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is a pseudoscientific alternative medicine practice claiming to improve general health and well-being by lighting
Ear_candling
Pharmaceutical manufacturer (1890–1930)
Antikamnia Chemical Company (1890–1930), named after its patent medicine Antikamnia, was an American pharmaceutical company based in St. Louis that manufactured
Antikamnia
Brand of oral laxative
stores, Castoria is becoming difficult to find. US patent 77758, Pitcher, Samuel, "Improved Medicine", issued 1868-05-12 Forgotten-NY Ads Frank Jump's
Fletcher's_Laxative
Swaim's Panacea (also called Swaim's Celebrated Panacea) was an American patent medicine sold by William Swaim (1781–1846) of Philadelphia, starting in approximately
Swaim's_Panacea
19th-century patent medicine
the United States by the slang name Jake, was a late 19th-century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to obtain alcohol during the era of
Jamaica_ginger
Idea which departs from accepted scholarship in the field
fields of scholarship, such as Biblical criticism, history, finance, law, medicine, and politics. They even exist in fields of study which are themselves
Fringe_theory
American patent medicine businessman (1818–1878)
James Cook Ayer (May 5, 1818 – July 3, 1878) was the wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day. James Cook Ayer was born in Groton, Connecticut
James_Cook_Ayer
Tincture of opium
laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines. Laudanum has since been recognized as addictive and is strictly regulated
Laudanum
Chemical compound
Stafford, England, proposed the solution in 1786 as a substitute for a patent medicine, "tasteless ague drop". It was known at the time as "Liquor Arsenicalis"
Fowler's_solution
Archaic conception of Earth's shape
Livesey, Steven J.; Wallis, Faith (2005). Medieval science, technology, and medicine : an encyclopedia. Routledge encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, 11. New
Flat_Earth
Patent medicine
Elixir or Daffye's Elixir) is a name that has been used by several patent medicines over the years. It was originally designed for diseases of the stomach
Daffy's_Elixir
American singers
their hair enabled the Sutherlands to create a successful line of patent medicine hair and scalp care products. The Seven Sutherland Sisters was a family
Seven_Sutherland_Sisters
Book by James Harvey Young
Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation is a book about patent medicines by social historian James Harvey
The_Toadstool_Millionaires
Laxative
aloe, ginger, and soap. They were initially advertised like other patent medicine as a cure-all, but they actually did benefit the digestive process
Beecham's_Pills
Coca wine and patent medicine of the 1860s
Vin Mariani (French: Mariani wine) was a coca wine and patent medicine created in the 1860s by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist from the island of Corsica
Vin_Mariani
American multinational beverage corporation
as a "cure" for opioid addiction, so he developed the beverage as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction. In 1889, the formula and brand
The_Coca-Cola_Company
British-born American abortion provider and midwife
with a renowned French physician named Restell. She began selling patent medicine, and (probably in partnership with her husband and brother) creating
Madame_Restell
Pharmaceutical company (Viatris since 2020)
company. In November 2020, Mylan merged with Upjohn, Pfizer's off-patent medicine division, to form Viatris. Previously, the company was domiciled in
Mylan
Irish vegetarianism activist (c. 1821–1910)
1821 – 29 April 1910) was an Irish-British alternative medicine practitioner, patent medicine creator, writer and activist. He promoted the "Wallace system"
Joseph_Wallace_(vegetarian)
American entrepreneur
(born c. 1852), also known as Madame Yale, was a beauty products and patent medicine entrepreneur and saleswoman. Mayberg said that around 1890 at age 38
Maude_Mayberg
Pseudoscientific study of human skull shape
Phrenology contributed to development of physical anthropology, forensic medicine, knowledge of the nervous system and brain anatomy as well as contributing
Phrenology
businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune from the sales of patent medicine. He was born near Syracuse, New York, in a small settlement called
Hulbert_Harrington_Warner
Canadian-born American spiritualist and activist (1845–1913)
pseudoscientific alternative medicine such as magnetic healing. Palmer opposed anything he thought to be associated with mainstream medicine, such as vaccination
Daniel_David_Palmer
1926 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery
but when he becomes angry, thinking she is ashamed of his father's patent medicine business just like his ex-girlfriend was, she realizes he does love
The_Blue_Castle
Pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine and New Age beliefs
Phrenology fused with energy medicine, there is no good evidence that Access Consciousness has "...any relationship to biology, medicine, neuroscience, or psychology—or
Access_Consciousness
Cough medicine formulated in Massachusetts
Father John's Medicine is a cough medicine that was first formulated in the United States in a Lowell, Massachusetts pharmacy in 1855 by Carleton and Hovey
Father_John's_Medicine
Patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry
A chemical patent, pharmaceutical patent or drug patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in
Chemical_patent
Mixture used in Hindu rituals
word panchagavya means "five cow-derivatives". When used in Ayurvedic medicine, it is also called cowpathy. Proponents claim that cow urine therapy is
Panchagavya
played with the Southern Broadcasters. DaCosta Woltz was a promoter of patent medicine, the mayor of Galax, and a first-rate banjo player. "Back Roads to
Dacosta Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
Dacosta_Woltz's_Southern_Broadcasters
Traditional Chinese herbal therapy
catalysts.[citation needed] Chinese patent medicine (中成藥; 中成药; zhōngchéng yào) is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. They are standardized herbal formulas
Chinese_herbology
English charlatan (1816–1884)
from a 12-roomed house in North London, and the lucrative sale of his patent medicine Dr. Birley's Syrup of Free Phosporous, which purported to aid longevity
Samuel_Rowbotham
Drug
Dalby's Carminative was one of the two most widely used patent medicines given to babies and children at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th
Dalby's_Carminative
British quack-physician (1770–1840)
British quack-physician who sold Hygeian Vegetable Universal Medicine, a patent medicine marketed as a cure-all. Morison was born at Bognie, Aberdeenshire
James_Morison_(physician)
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