Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . .To sell this under the claim that if will take off a pound aday in some cases i- a shei r 390 Ql WKERY MARJORIE HAMILTONS OBESITY CURE Womens fashions in the past few years have had the effectof giving a wonderful stimulus to one branch of quackery—the obesity cure fakers. The desire to be slender—andslender to a degree often far beyond that compatible withgood health—has caused thousands of women to throw awaymoney on so-
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . .To sell this under the claim that if will take off a pound aday in some cases i- a shei r 390 Ql WKERY MARJORIE HAMILTONS OBESITY CURE Womens fashions in the past few years have had the effectof giving a wonderful stimulus to one branch of quackery—the obesity cure fakers. The desire to be slender—andslender to a degree often far beyond that compatible withgood health—has caused thousands of women to throw awaymoney on so-called reduction treatments that are either dan-gerous or worthless—sometimes both. Thyroid extract wasthe basis of many of the fat reducers first put on the marketand is still used in some of them. The public has been fairlywell educated to regard this powerful drug with suspicion and FAT VANISHES ONE POUND A DAY BY NEW ORUGLESS TREATMENT $$, IN COLD IF SHE FAILS Tens of Thousands of Grateful Patrons Pro- =n claim This Wondrous Orugless Fat Treat- rj= [uj ment the Cllmat of Efficiency. [J5] REDUCE FAT QUICK SAFE and SENSIBLEDRUG HOME TREATMENT. \ Hi SUmtiai Did. Hi Bipt; no Fiir, ho f; ,Mi.«n SnnllmlKl its. Hi biriifi!. Hi loton. NemiitctiRj Cm tjl Li in H i-1 m l u l till tilts NtCioptt*!,Ill bit *» Itailil Ntlliflj Ml NiJOID!*NO llllilMlll. *itllt,|Hiriltr BJIljIOW Ifiil ?lltlDtlOflBllllltl In Siftl ETfort Tft Clll Git ? llt»Ul ftll Ul Oil Dtl 1TH ? > » * ? torU KBSBP
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