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Brown's Hay Library exhibit traces patent medicine history through bottles
Original: Hay exhibit traces history of patent medicine through over 200 medicinal bottles
An exhibit at Brown University's John Hay Library traces the history of patent medicine through a display of more than 200 medicinal bottles. The collection highlights how unregulated remedies were marketed to the public before modern drug regulation, offering a visual history of American medical commerce. The story has been covered by the Brown Daily Herald.
Why now: It is a newly covered university library exhibition on the curious history of patent medicine.
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- Hay exhibit traces history of patent medicine through over 200 medicinal bottles · Brown Daily Herald
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