Project Gutenberg 2009-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 944 Griffenhagen, George B. Young, James Harvey 1915 2006 61061037 Old English Patent Medicines in America Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Old English Patent Medicines in America" by George B. Griffenhagen and James Harvey Young is a historical account written in the mid-20th century. The book explores the origins and journey of English patent medicines that made their way across the Atlantic to America, analyzing their impact on early American medical practices and culture. It particularly delves into various notorious remedies such as Bateman's Pectoral Drops and Godfrey's Cordial, detailing their extravagant claims and the role they played in self-medication among settlers. The opening of the work sets the stage by discussing the backdrop against which these medicines became popular in both England and America. The authors sketch the beginnings of notable patent remedies in 18th-century England, introducing several key figures involved in their promotion. It highlights the early colonial context where such ready-made solutions appealed to settlers facing health challenges with limited resources, foreshadowing the burgeoning patent medicine market in America. This section elucidates the complexity and competition among various medicines and their manufacturers, establishing the context for the detailed examination that follows in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Patent medicines RM Text Medicine Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General Category: History - American Category: History - British Category: Health & Medicine 177399 2025-06-12T11:58:25.772721 text/html 163013 2009-10-02T14:48:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1112988 2025-06-12T11:58:34.036691 application/epub+zip 1115299 2025-06-12T11:58:29.756706 application/epub+zip 116214 2025-06-12T11:58:28.234735 application/epub+zip 1319839 2025-06-12T11:58:36.813697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1307173 2025-06-12T11:58:32.995723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305690 2022-08-14T04:29:25.670079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132322 2023-09-13T09:11:23.049872 text/plain 15844 2025-06-12T11:58:36.956675 application/rdf+xml 20699 2025-06-12T11:58:28.803705 image/jpeg 4594 2025-06-12T11:58:28.520728 image/jpeg 900806 2025-06-12T11:58:25.829715 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia