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I’ve gotten ads for a diet pill that will make you lose 55lbs in a week. Does anyone even believe that? You’d have to amputate a leg to lose that much in a week
Fully expected to see Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills on this list. Was disappointed.
Laugh if you want. I actually took 666 cough syrup and would do it again if I could find it. I had been coughing for days, until i was gagging. It did smell like creosote and tasted like you would think. But it kept me at work and on my feet.
I can understand that some of these were just scams sold by con artists, but that doesn't explain why people would continue to buy something that didn't do what it was intended to do, especially if someone was truly suffering from some ailment or disease.
I suspect that at least some of these patent medicines were simply a 'respectable' way for people to get their alcohol or other drug. That is, a sham on the part of the buyer as well as the seller.
Who else would like to have a bottle of the over the counter cocaine and heroin just to see what it was like? And hopefully not get addicted after one bottle
While some of the city's residents might need to be well-tazed, the pronunciation of the name of their town (and county) sounds like the Tasmanian Devil's response to a query about his health: Taz Well!
I don'y have a sample, but one summer of roaming I saw a faded sign painted on the side of a barn that read "Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for Weak Women." Occasionally felt the need for them, and wish they were still on the market ;>)
What is really scary about this, is that if it were not for government intervention people would still be buying and using these products, and swearing by them. In fact, there are plenty of legally manufactured "cures" that are in existence today that are every bit as fake as all of these are. Just that they don't contain anything unhealthy/life-threatening for human consumption.
Like those vitamins you see at pretty much any drug/grocery store and advertised on television. Tons of people swear by them, but they are all fake.
For everyone commenting on the pronunciation of the word "salve", like everything else, it depends on where you live and how you learned it. I live in Wisconsin ( just south of Racine, as mentioned in the video), and I pronounce 'salve' with the 'L'.
I’ve gotten ads for a diet pill that will make you lose 55lbs in a week. Does anyone even believe that? You’d have to amputate a leg to lose that much in a week
I'll stick to the horse liniment thanks!
So what’s that thing about “straight from the horses mouth” in the subtitles at 10:41 lol
I wonder if anyone called it shoops goop. Because if they didnt they def missed a great opportunity
Once it was snake oil, now it's essential oils.
Fast forward and now we have supplements and it turns out nothings changed
I have a headache I better get some marshmallows
Fully expected to see Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills on this list. Was disappointed.
Lol say it with me my brotha (med-i-cine)
There's a parking garage named after Dr. Shoop in Racine WI now, LOL. I always wondered who this Shoop guy was.
LMAO NAUGYY😂.
Simon Whistler would've made a great snake oil salesman back in the day, I'm glad he's on the up and up though.
Laugh if you want. I actually took 666 cough syrup and would do it again if I could find it. I had been coughing for days, until i was gagging. It did smell like creosote and tasted like you would think. But it kept me at work and on my feet.
I can understand that some of these were just scams sold by con artists, but that doesn't explain why people would continue to buy something that didn't do what it was intended to do, especially if someone was truly suffering from some ailment or disease.
I suspect that at least some of these patent medicines were simply a 'respectable' way for people to get their alcohol or other drug. That is, a sham on the part of the buyer as well as the seller.
crazy like a fox.
you pronounced "Racine " very well.
Did you guys seriously just use a slow scroll of your own damned script, or were you just showing off plagiarism?
Who else would like to have a bottle of the over the counter cocaine and heroin just to see what it was like? And hopefully not get addicted after one bottle
Is there proof they didn't work……….
😀
I like how he says "med-sin"
Where's Dr. Oz?
Watching your channel is never a waste of time.
While some of the city's residents might need to be well-tazed, the pronunciation of the name of their town (and county) sounds like the Tasmanian Devil's response to a query about his health: Taz Well!
I don'y have a sample, but one summer of roaming I saw a faded sign painted on the side of a barn that read "Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for Weak Women."
Occasionally felt the need for them, and wish they were still on the market ;>)
What is really scary about this, is that if it were not for government intervention people would still be buying and using these products, and swearing by them. In fact, there are plenty of legally manufactured "cures" that are in existence today that are every bit as fake as all of these are. Just that they don't contain anything unhealthy/life-threatening for human consumption.
Like those vitamins you see at pretty much any drug/grocery store and advertised on television. Tons of people swear by them, but they are all fake.
Racine is .2 miles away from me
In the US the "L" is silent in the word Salve
Now I know the origin of Snake Oil salesman. Man uses some strange stuff in their concoctions.
Just call them OTC?!
What the hell is that noise at 10:55 – 11:00?
"Murdering them"
Guess we now know he's a vegan huh.
For everyone commenting on the pronunciation of the word "salve", like everything else, it depends on where you live and how you learned it. I live in Wisconsin ( just south of Racine, as mentioned in the video), and I pronounce 'salve' with the 'L'.
Bee venom, which you are injected with when you GET bee sting. It is an anti-inflammatory. And the same chemical compound as Rattle Snake venom