"It seems almost incredible, whatever their origin, that remedies of so offensive a character as many of those above g…"

"Numerous supplement products have emerged in the market in the last ten years. They range from vitamins and minerals …"

"[Jack White] is the showman—the brassy frontman and the snake-oil trader."

"Clark Stanley reached into a sack, plucked out a snake, slit it open and plunged it into boiling water. When the fat …"

"The powers of the placebo are so strong that it may be morally wrong to call homeopathy a lie because the moment you …"

"The shamans are forever yacking about their snake-oil "miracles." I prefer the Real McCoy — a pregnant woman."

"Richard Kunin visited San Francisco’s Chinatown to buy such snake oil and analyze it. According to his 1989 analysis …"

"Mr. Speaker, there is an old trick to hawking snake oil. First raise the fear. Then sell to it. That is exactly what …"

"This poet is now, most of the time, an elder statesman like Baruch or Smuts, full of complacent wisdom and cast-iron …"

"In 1917, the U.S. government actually tested one of the bogus potions sold by Clark Stanley, the “Rattlesnake King,” …"