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Bibliography and Resources in Special Collections and Beyond

Exhibit Bibliography

  • Parsons, Brad. Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. Ten Speed Press, 2011. Call number: TX951 P355 2011 Spec Large.
  • Shaw, Robert B. History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. Project Gutenberg, September 21 2011, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13397/13397-h/13397-h.htm.
  • Smith, Elmer L. Early American Home Remedies. Applied Arts Publishers, 1970. Call number: R733 E27 1968 Spec Large.
  • Stage, Sarah. Female Complaints: Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women's Medicine. W.W. Norton & Company, 1979.
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and 1935
Bibliography and Resources in Special Collections and Beyond