The Medical Messiahs
Workby James Harvey Young · 1967
Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026
A social history of medical quackery in twentieth-century America, examining fraudulent remedies, devices, health claims, and the government’s efforts to regulate them after the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. Young discusses cases and promoters including Cuforhedake Brane-Fude, Hadacol, and various purported cures and health fads.
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