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This is a list of other resources - both on the web and in book that provide additional information to individuals who want to look into this topic further. I should note that much of the website material was taken from: http://www.mtn.org/quack/links/links.htm.

Regulating Quackery Today:

FDA on the Web

American Council on Science and Health
The National Council Against Health Fraud
QuackWatch
The Skeptics Dictionary - Alternative Medicine (great resource)


History of Quackery

From Quackery to Bacteriology
: The Emergence of Modern Medicine in the 19th Century: An Exhibition. By Barbara Floyd, University Archivist at The University of Toledo.
Karolinska Institute Library History of Biomedicine - this is a collection of history of medicine links.
United States National Library of Medicine - a wealth of information, images, and links.
The Quackatorium
Other Reliable Agencies


Graphics and Artwork

Advertising Cards at Vanderbuilt Medical Center

Patent Medicine Collection at Vanderbuilt Medical Center
Images from the History of Medicine
Images of Medical Ephemera

Museums, Libraries, and Exhibits

For a Chronology of AMA History
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP)
The Bakken Library - take a look at a collection of quack devices
Exhibitions in the History of Medicine
Historic Asylums
Medical Devices from the Mulford Library Collection
Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
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