Doctors and Patent Medicines in Modern Britain: Professionalism and Consumerism
Doctors and Patent Medicines in Modern Britain: Professionalism and Consumerism
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United States: Appalachian State University
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United States: Appalachian State University
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In the late nineteenth century professionalism and consumerism collided in a vociferous debate over the commodification of health. In medical journals, before government panels and through independent publications, doctors condemned “quackery,” especially patent medicines—the Victorian appellation for over-the-counter drugs. They dismissed myriad p...
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Doctors and Patent Medicines in Modern Britain: Professionalism and Consumerism
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71391830
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_71391830
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0095-1390
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2326-1242
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10.2307/4053198
