Oklahoma rattlesnake oil once sold as all-purpose cure

[JustTooMuchTime]

"The traveling elixir peddlers sold their medicines with the promise of cures for practically everything that ails you.

Seventy-five years ago on April 3, 1938, The Oklahoman reported the story of rattlesnake hunter Herb Pinack, of Medicine Park."


Full article:
The Archivist: Oklahoma rattlesnake oil once sold as all-purpose cure | News OK (http://newsok.com/the-archivist-oklahoma-rattlesnake-oil-once-sold-as-all-purpose-cure/article/3780708)

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Full article:
The Archivist: Oklahoma rattlesnake oil once sold as all-purpose cure | News OK (http://newsok.com/the-archivist-oklahoma-rattlesnake-oil-once-sold-as-all-purpose-cure/article/3780708)

They still do, at least now we have the internet to check them out before buying a bottle of who knows what.