{"id":477,"date":"2011-04-11T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T21:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:45:57","slug":"the-medicine-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"The Medicine Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_479\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" data-attachment-id=\"479\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=479\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg?fit=764%2C1959\" data-orig-size=\"764,1959\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Goerss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg?fit=399%2C1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-479 \" title=\"Goerss\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg?resize=161%2C413\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg?resize=399%2C1024 399w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Goerss.jpg?w=764 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newspaper ad for Dr. Goerss<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With colorful names and extravagant claims, patent medicines sold widely in the United States in the late 1800s. The popular cure-alls of pills and syrups were advertised in every newspaper with bold woodcuts extolling the miraculous benefits of Hood&#8217;s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood, Cuticura Soap to prevent &#8220;disfiguring humours,&#8221; or Chaulmoogra, the &#8220;East India Cure&#8221; that promised relief for every ailment this side of the grave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the story of the San Diego <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Medicine-Show.pdf\">Medicine Show<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D477&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With colorful names and extravagant claims, patent medicines sold widely in the United States in the late 1800s. 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