Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The phrase is somewhat misleading because for the most part these products were trademarked, not patented (most avoided the patent process so as not to reveal products' often hazardous and questionable ingredients). In ancient times, such medicine was called nostrum remedium ("our remedy" in Latin).

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  • Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The phrase is somewhat misleading because for the most part these products were trademarked, not patented (most avoided the patent process so as not to reveal products' often hazardous and questionable ingredients). In ancient times, such medicine was called nostrum remedium ("our remedy" in Latin). The name patent medicine has become particularly associated with the sale of drug compounds in the nineteenth century under an array of colourful names and even more colourful claims. The promotion of patent medicines was one of the first major products highlighted by the advertising industry, and many advertising and sales techniques were pioneered by patent medicine promoters. Patent medicine advertising often talked up exotic ingredients, even if their actual effects came from more prosaic drugs. One memorable group of patent medicines — liniments that allegedly contained snake oil, supposedly a universal panacea — made snake oil salesman a lasting synonym for a charlatan.
  • Patentmedicin, är äldre typer av läkemedelsberedningar som framställdes och såldes utanför apoteken. Blandningarnas recept var ofta hemliga. Lösningarna kunde exempelvis bestå av socker- eller sirapslösningar, smaksatta med örter och kryddor. Den verksamma ingrediensen kunde exempelvis vara alkohol, cannabis, morfin eller kokain. De såldes via apotek eller postorder. Vid sidan av läkemedelsindustrin växte det under 1800-talet fram en hel flora av sådana patentmediciner. De hade fantasifulla namn, och flaskorna med de läkande extrakten bar eleganta etiketter. De utlovade bot mot alla upptänkliga sjukdomar och svaghetstillstånd. Patentmedicinerna hade sin storhetstid i slutet av 1800-talet, men ända fram till 1930 kunde man på svenska apotek köpa till exempel Cannabis-Maltos, ett preparat som såldes som hälsodryck till frukost.
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  • Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The phrase is somewhat misleading because for the most part these products were trademarked, not patented (most avoided the patent process so as not to reveal products' often hazardous and questionable ingredients). In ancient times, such medicine was called nostrum remedium ("our remedy" in Latin).
  • Patentmedicin, är äldre typer av läkemedelsberedningar som framställdes och såldes utanför apoteken. Blandningarnas recept var ofta hemliga. Lösningarna kunde exempelvis bestå av socker- eller sirapslösningar, smaksatta med örter och kryddor. Den verksamma ingrediensen kunde exempelvis vara alkohol, cannabis, morfin eller kokain. De såldes via apotek eller postorder. Vid sidan av läkemedelsindustrin växte det under 1800-talet fram en hel flora av sådana patentmediciner.
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