A lot of tonics would have a little bit of turpentine in them, oh. That's like dandruff shampoo companies that added something to their shampoos to make it tingle - because otherwise people didn't thinkTat it was working. The thing that sort of cures dandruff has nothing to do with the tingling, but it's like, it has to be unpleasant, otherwise people think that it must be fake. So thomas kelly started off the tapeworm remover stuff, but many other medicine show an sort of refined that approach. They would sell people these pills that weren't like gelatin capsules, right, like any jail cap you
The world of dieting and wellness is full of so-called snake oil salesmen—but what IS snake oil? This week, we take a wild ride through the history of health scams and discover a startling twist about an everyday idiom. Along the way, Aubrey delivers fun facts about sanitation from memory and Mike roasts the state where most of his family lives.
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