There are plenty of reasons to be thankful that you do n’t live in the early 1900s ( child labor laws , air conditioning , what have you ) , but just in case you ’ve been feeling nostalgic for simpler metre , raw research from the University of Detroit Mercy should put those wistful fantasy to rest . After chemically psychoanalyze several dozenpatent medicinesfrom around the dawn of the twentieth century , pharmacist Mark Benvenuto found that many of these completely unwarranted “ miracle cures ” arrest toxins such as jumper cable , mercury , and even arsenic .
Now , to the defense of these snake oil salesman from yesteryear , they very likely had no idea that they were fundamentally stuffing capsule of poison down the throat of the infirm . accord to Benvenuto :
Back in the day , this was a very test - and - error kind of flying field . The stuff and nonsense that we recollect of as dangerous now , though it was grave , was as cutting - edge as they had at the time .
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