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In 1905, Samuel Hopkins Adams published The Great American Fraud, a shocking exposé on the patent medicines industry. In 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, laying the foundation for our first consumer protection agency – the FDA.

Before that, it was a free-for-all.

Join us as we explore some examples from the Bristol Press and dive into the quirky, quack-y history of patent medicines!

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