The only documentary to tell the story of the first 100 years of the U.S. FDA
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The Toadstool Millionaires James H. Young |
The seminal work on the history of patent medicine in the United States
and the fight for the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 by the world’s
foremost scholar on the FDA. |
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Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation Philip J. Hilts |
An experienced health journalist’s inquiry into the formation of the
Food and Drug Administration and it’s co-evolution with the industries
it regulates. |
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The Great American Medicine Show: Being an
Illustrated History of Hucksters, Healers, Health Evangelists and
Heroes from Plymouth Rock to the Present David Armstrong |
A series of well researched articles on health fads that have informed
public thinking on health and health products in the 20th century. This
book offers profiles of health gurus both cynical and sincere with
anecdotes on everything from Fletcherizing food to current diet and
exercise crazes. |
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Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show Ann Anderson |
The American medicine show is explored in this study of “wonder cures”
and entertainment culture. Harry Houdini, Buster Keaton and P.T. Barnum
are only a few of the performers who promoted all manner of pills,
ointments and extracts and provided a distinctly American pastime. |
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity Roy Porter |
One of the most concise and engaging histories of
western medicine. Porter writes on notable advances through the
centuries from Egyptian medicine and Hippocrates to the present, and
includes discussions of the advances that have revolutionized public
health including pure water, nutrition, pharmacology, surgery and
diagnostic techniques. |
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Pure Ketchup a History of America's National Condiment with Recipes Andrew F. Smith |
A history of America’s beloved condiment, starting with the origin of
the word and culminating with the fight to eliminate preservatives.
Smith includes 50 ketchup recipes that chart the history of the product. |
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Marion Nestle |
An authoritative insider’s look into how food policy is created. Nestle
speaks authoritatively on the current history of nutrition and her
experience as the nutrition chair at New York University and an editor
of the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report. Nestle brings her unique
perspective to industry’s influence on government regulation. |
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For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It Mark Pendergrast |
The riveting saga of the early days of the soft drink industry and the
beginnings of mass marketing of foods. This encyclopedic history of
Coca-Cola traces the trademark drink’s history from its early
beginnings as just another cocaine-laced patent medicine to its present
status as an American consumer product icon. |