{"id":16521,"date":"2015-03-12T03:09:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T03:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=16521"},"modified":"2015-03-12T03:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T03:09:51","slug":"lees-save-the-baby-more-misbranded-nostrums-from-our-not-so-distant-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2015\/03\/12\/lees-save-the-baby-more-misbranded-nostrums-from-our-not-so-distant-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee’s Save The Baby – More Misbranded Nostrums from Our Not-So-Distant Past"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Etsy<\/p><\/div>\n

I stayed home from work today with a cough and low-grade fever. I called my dad and he remembered when he was young his mom would run to the cabinet for Lee’s Save the Baby<\/em>. So I was intrigued by his story and decided to investigate this brand. From entries in the 1962 The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Medical Quackery in 20th Century America to medical journals as early as 1918, it is evident how a Federal agency was developed for the protection of the public from cure all brands like Lee’s Save The Baby.<\/p>\n

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The Pennsylvania Medical Journal, Volume 22 – December 1918<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etsy cropped<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Inside Story of Medicines: A Symposium – edited by Gregory Higby, Elaine Condouris Stroud – 1997<\/p><\/div>\n

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Old Fulton History – Tom Trysnicki<\/p><\/div>\n

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Worthpoint<\/p><\/div>\n

Yet even as late as 1973, nostalgia for a product wins over efficacy.<\/p>\n

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Old Fulton History – Tom Trysnicki – Troy NY Times Record – January, 1973<\/p><\/div>\n

Lee’s Save The Baby was a regional New York State brand that gained popularity as far a Massachusetts. Looking at the ingredients, how much different is it from let’s say a Tiger Balm or Vicks Vaporub except the substitute for lard with petroleum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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