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The Pitchman Goes Scientific

Hospital white has replaced the fusty swallowtails of the panacea pitchman, but his silver spiel can still hawk a dubious nostrum to a sucker crowd

September 1 1951 LEE ROGOW
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The Pitchman Goes Scientific

Hospital white has replaced the fusty swallowtails of the panacea pitchman, but his silver spiel can still hawk a dubious nostrum to a sucker crowd

September 1 1951 LEE ROGOW

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