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From: Linda Chase <>
Subject: [CHASE-L] Re: Book by A. W. Chase, M.D.
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:25:38 -0600
I recall there was some discussion in June re the book written by A. W.
Chase, MD.
I came across the following site which may interest those who took part
in the earlier discussion.
http://www.davetill.com/ads1920s/06_aw_chase.htm
The site has an old advertisement that appeared in Toronto paper in
1926.
The site says the following about Dr. Chase:
"Dr. A.W. (Alvin Wood) Chase (1817-1885), of Ann Arbor,
Mich., was a giant of the patent-medicine field. Though he had
no medical degree, having learned his trade by apprenticing to
another doctor, he made up for his lack of formal training with
a healthy dose of entrepreneurship. Besides Dr. A. W. Chases
Every-Day Mouth Wash, the good doctors remedies included
Dr. A. W. Chases Ointment, Dr. A. W. Chases Catarrh
Powder and Dr. A. W. Chases Tonic (which was laxative
pills).
However, Dr. Chase was best known as an author. In 1863,
his first book, Dr. Chases Recipes or Information for
Anybody, was published. This book was intended for people
who either couldnt afford a doctor or preferred to treat their
own ailments. Since doctors in those days were expensive and
usually not particularly skilled, the book sold over seven
hundred thousand copies in the thirteen years following its first
appearance.
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