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curious pop cultural artifacts from america's awkward earlier years

Tag: quack medicine

accumulated waste

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on February 19, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, health, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on accumulated waste

no wonder baldness is increasing

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1930s, hair, men, quack medicineLeave a comment on no wonder baldness is increasing

1 to 3 cakes a day

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on February 4, 2026February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on 1 to 3 cakes a day

puts sagging internal organs back into place

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, electricity, health, men, quack medicineLeave a comment on puts sagging internal organs back into place

save you from further humiliation

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on save you from further humiliation

a safeguard of feminine daintiness

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, hygiene, quack medicine, womenLeave a comment on a safeguard of feminine daintiness

no surgical operation requiring chloroform

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026February 10, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, medicine, quack medicine, questionable curesLeave a comment on no surgical operation requiring chloroform

hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, diathermy, radium, medical gymnastics, electrical exercises

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazines, travelTags 1910s, food, health, quack medicine, travelLeave a comment on hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy, diathermy, radium, medical gymnastics, electrical exercises

life prolonging apparatus

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, electricity, quack medicineLeave a comment on life prolonging apparatus

recommend to nursing mothers

Beer marketed as “health tonic” to elegant ladies who otherwise wouldnt stoop to such common refreshments

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, beer, quack medicineLeave a comment on recommend to nursing mothers

gain renewed vigor, health and strength

bsically just fortified wine sold at a drugstore so that “respectable people” can be drunks without public scrutiny or stigma

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 31, 2026Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicineLeave a comment on gain renewed vigor, health and strength

the final solution of their greatest personal problem

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on October 4, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1920s, birth control, quack medicine, womenLeave a comment on the final solution of their greatest personal problem

vital nerve center

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on September 6, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1920s, homoeroticism, quack medicineLeave a comment on vital nerve center

which is to be your ultimate destiny?

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on September 6, 2025September 6, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1920s, beauty, quack medicineLeave a comment on which is to be your ultimate destiny?

“i’d give most anything to put on a little extra weight”

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on May 20, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1900s, quack medicine, weight gainLeave a comment on “i’d give most anything to put on a little extra weight”

order a dozen from your local druggist today

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on May 20, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1900s, beer, quack medicineLeave a comment on order a dozen from your local druggist today

absolutely safe

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on May 20, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1900s, quack medicine, weight lossLeave a comment on absolutely safe

read what scientists and doctors have to say

Author punkrockbitch_j21wngPosted on January 30, 2025Categories ads, magazinesTags 1910s, quack medicineLeave a comment on read what scientists and doctors have to say

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