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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, March 6, 1948

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Health fakes a desire to expose quacks has prompted an educational drive by u. S. Health authorities i n an Effort to educate a Gullible Public which each year is milked of thou Sands of dollars by medical fakers la s. Medical authorities have  an exhibition of common quack remedies at the Cleveland health museum. One of the More difficult aspects of combating these fakers officials say is the unwillingness of citizens who have been duped to come Forward and expose the swindler by reporting the devices to medical authorities. Injured Pride and shame compel silence which they Hope May be partially overcome by a Public exhibition of the fakes. Horse Collar one of the examples of phony gadgets is supposed to restore health by magnetizing Iron in the blood. The apparatus is a Maze of wires. Massa Gerc Are a product of inventors who claimed they could be used to prevent falling hair headaches constipation double chins among other things. Dimple maker the oldest lakes dimples in the pocketbook authorities say. Constant use May produce cancer. Gaiter necklace a simple string of beads is guaranteed by quacks As a cure. Its Sale is outlawed but authorities warn it is still being offered to the Public  
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