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“Ignorance and credulous hope make the market for most proprietary remedies.”

Quote by Samuel Hopkins Adams

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Samuel Hopkins Adams

Samuel Hopkins Adams was an American writer and investigative journalist, known for his muckraking journalism. Born on January 26, 1871, and dying on November 16, 1958, Adams is celebrated for his exposés on the pharmaceutical industry's unsanitary conditions and fraudulent practices. more

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