Title

Medical Deception and Imposition Upon the Public : Discovered, Detected and Exposed, Designed for the Use of all to Whom it May Come or Concern

Authors

Joseph Fernald

Files

Description

Dissertation by Joseph Fernald of Portland, Maine, debunking a patent medicine being peddled by “a certain medical man by the name of Druerd, alias Werd,” as “Allum-water” (potassium aluminum sulfate). Potassium alum, an astringent, may be used in pickling, leather tanning, and water purification. In the late 20th Century, large crystals of Alum were marketed as “deodorant rocks.”

Rights and Access Note

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Publication Date

5-1-1824

Publisher

A. Shirley

City

Portland, ME

Keywords

Nostrums, Quackery, Medical Fraud

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

Pamp 1408 Vickery

Recommended Citation

Fernald, Joseph, "Medical Deception and Imposition Upon the Public : Discovered, Detected and Exposed, Designed for the Use of all to Whom it May Come or Concern" (1824). Maine Bicentennial. 16.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/16