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English: This is a classic "snake oil" medicine style old time "cure" for things. Although 1886 was a long time ago and this company is most likely long gone, just to be safe, I changed the company name on this. Incidentally, the "glass" on this bottle is a transparent layer, so you can see things behind it just like real glass!
Clark Stanley's Snake Oil. Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1]
Advertisement for Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment. While showmen pitching miraculous cures have been around since classical times, [2] the advent of mixed performance and medicine sales in western culture originated during the Dark Ages in Europe after circuses and theatres were banned and performers had only the marketplace or patrons for support. [2]
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Others, though, are “Snake Oil Salesmen” whose products are fake. (So for you fellow Boomers out there, it’s kind of a bit The Liar’s Club, a li
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Clark Stanley (b.c. 1854 in Abilene, Texas, according to himself; the town was founded in 1881) was an American herbalist and quack doctor who marketed a "snake oil" as a patent medicine, styling himself the "Rattlesnake King" until his fraudulent products were exposed in 1916, popularizing the pejorative title of the "snake oil salesman".