Here - as the Wellcome Collection in central London celebrates the weirdest remedies - one of its librarians, William Schupbach, and event curator, Alex Julyan, look back at the products that "quacks" tried to sell to the public.

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Images courtesy Wellcome Library. Music courtesy Troy Banarzi and KPM Music.
Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 6 July 2009.

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