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Patent Medicines

By: Stuart Anderson
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
Edited by: Scott C. Martin
Subject:Social & Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Consumption, Sociology of Culture

Patent medicines were initially those for which a patent was granted, but the term gradually came to be applied to all medicines that were advertised directly to the public. In Great Britain, King James II signed a statute in 1624 allowing ...

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  Anderson, S. (2015). Patent medicines. In S. C. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 939-942). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n361
  
  Anderson, Stuart. "Patent Medicines." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, edited by Martin, Scott C., 939-42. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n361.
  
  Anderson, S. 2015. Patent Medicines. In: Scott C. Martin Editor, 2015. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 939-942 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n361> [Accessed 20 Jun 2021].
  
  Anderson, Stuart. "Patent Medicines." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives. Edited by Scott C. Martin. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015, pp. 939-42. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n361.
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