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The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil"

Ridiculous History

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Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

The story behind Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. A guy named Chris who started a steakhouse in New Orleans and he kept selling it like he started the steakhouse but he didn't really want to have it so he sold it six seven times. The seventh time he sold it he sold it to this woman named Ruth Furtell who then went on to own it for a very long time. This is where we learn about something called heroic medicine or gnarly and dangerous official accepted medicine at the time.

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