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  2. Clark Stanley - Wikipedia

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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".

  3. Medicine show - Wikipedia

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    Scott's daughter, Sandra, performed in the show as a singer, bass player, and acrobat, and from the 1960s onward managed the business end of the show. Herb-O-Lac eventually gave way to a mentholated skin liniment, which Scott dubbed Snake Oil. For decades, the show toured arenas and senior centers as "Doc" Scott's Last Real Old Time Medicine Show.

  4. Snake oil - Wikipedia

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    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] The term comes from the "snake oil" that used to be sold as a cure-all elixir for many kinds of physiological problems.

  5. 'Snake oil salesmen' advised Trump on 2020 election, Pence ...

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    Former President Donald Trump received bad advice from "snake oil salesmen" who falsely told him Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential ...

  6. David Spade Is Here to Sell You Fox’s Snake Oil — Says ...

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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.

  7. Quackery - Wikipedia

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    Those who sold them were called "snake oil salesmen", and usually sold their medicines with a fervent pitch similar to a fire and brimstone religious sermon. They often accompanied other theatrical and entertainment productions that traveled as a road show from town to town , leaving quickly before the falseness of their medicine was discovered.

  8. Miracle cures: How to separate the solutions from the snake oil

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    One of my favorite scenes in Man on the Moon occurs near the end: Andy Kaufman, played by Jim Carrey, is in the Philippines, awaiting a miracle treatment for the cancer that is killing him.

  9. William Rockefeller Sr. - Wikipedia

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    William Avery "Devil Bill" Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston. He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold elixirs. [1]