A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised...

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...

common metals into gold. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, many "patent medicines" were claimed to be panaceas, and they became very big business. The...

Chinese patent medicine (simplified Chinese: 科学中药; traditional Chinese: 科學中藥; pinyin: kēxúe zhōngyào; lit. 'scientific Chinese medicine') are herbal medicines...

Peruna was a well-known patent medicine sold from the late-19th to mid-20th century. It was patented by Samuel Brubaker Hartman and endorsed by hundreds...

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,...

Medicine shows were touring acts (traveling by truck, horse, or wagon teams) that peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines and other products between various...

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...

Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in water. The son of industrialist...

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...

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is a Unitaid-backed international organisation founded in July 2010, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Its public health driven...

Radithor was a patent medicine that is a well-known example of radioactive quackery. It consisted of triple-distilled water containing at a minimum 1...

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...

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...

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...

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...

of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata, is a traditional patent medicine known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties...

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...

A chemical patent, pharmaceutical patent or drug patent is a patent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry. Strictly speaking, in...

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...

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...

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...

practices are New Age medicine, pseudo-medicine, unorthodox medicine, holistic medicine, fringe medicine, and unconventional medicine, with little distinction...

"snake oil liniment", making claims about its efficacy as a panacea. Patent medicines that claimed to be a panacea were extremely common from the 18th century...

bogus or fraudulent. The name derives from snake oil, one type of patent medicine widely available in 19th century United States. Distinguishing secure...

was briefly revived by Charles X in 1825. Physicians, healers, and patent medicine sellers offered a wide range of cures for scrofula or the King's Evil...

of shipbuildingPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Patent medicine – over-the-counter "proprietary" medications Retsina – Greek wine flavored...

Nervine was a patent medicine tonic with sedative effects introduced in 1884 by Dr. Miles Medical Company (later Miles Laboratories which was absorbed...

to early 20th-century patent medicine containing ferrous sulfate and magnesium sulfate. It was produced by Dr. Williams Medicine Company, the trading arm...

radium dial painters. It also affected those consuming radium-laden patent medicines. The condition is similar to phossy jaw, an osteoporotic and osteonecrotic...