At the turn of the 20th century, the commercial medical landscape was littered with self-appointed medicine men who traveled with carnivals, selling supposed cure-all brews, epitomizing the era of the 'snake-oil salesman.'
Dr. Harvey Wiley's 'poison squad' experiment highlighted the need for better federal regulations to ensure products contained safe, human-grade ingredients, sparking changes in the industry.
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