
audiobook
by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
Transcriber’s notes:
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN Proprietary Medicines
PREFACE TO VOLUME 2
PREFACE TO VOLUME 1: NINTH EDITION
RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL ON PHARMACY AND CHEMISTRY
Presented at the San Francisco Session and Signed by All the Members of the House of Delegates in Attendance
PART I REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL ON PHARMACY AND CHEMISTRY
FOREWORD - THE COUNCIL ON PHARMACY AND CHEMISTRY
PART II CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE A. M. A. CHEMICAL LABORATORY
FOREWORD - THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
A detailed chronicle of the American Medical Association’s early‑century campaign against dubious patent medicines, this volume gathers the most influential reports and articles produced between 1917 and 1922. Readers will find the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry’s guiding principles, its rigorous examinations of medicaments, and the laboratory’s experimental findings that shaped a more scientific approach to drug therapy. The collection also includes contemporary journal pieces that expose the marketing tactics behind proprietary remedies and the broader medical debates of the era.
Organized into four clear sections, the work presents council minutes, laboratory objectives, and journal contributions on both proprietary products and miscellaneous medical topics. By juxtaposing official findings with editorial commentary, it offers a vivid snapshot of the professional struggle to replace quackery with evidence‑based practice. Scholars and listeners interested in the history of public health, regulation, and early pharmaceutical science will find this compilation both informative and thought‑provoking.
Language
en
Duration
~37 hours (2150K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2014-12-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
A pioneering committee within the American Medical Association, this council helped push for higher standards in drug quality and advertising in the early 20th century. Its reports and publications reflect a reform-minded effort to protect physicians and the public from misleading proprietary medicines.
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