Potions or poisons / executive producers, Robb Weller, Gary H. Grossman ; producer/writer, Nancy Gimbrone ; produced by Weller/Grossman Productions for the History Channel.
In the late nineteenth century, costumed performers roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quatities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their elixirs ofter contained opium, cocaine, mercury, and grain alcohol. In the late 19th century, costumed perf...
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English |
| Language and/or Writing System: |
English audio. |
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[United States] :
A & E : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video,
[2010]
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 47 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
In the late nineteenth century, costumed performers roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quatities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their elixirs ofter contained opium, cocaine, mercury, and grain alcohol.
In the late 19th century, costumed performers dressed as Indians and exotic witch doctors roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quantities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their ingredients often included opium, cocaine, mercury and grain alcohol. |
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| Note: | Originally produced for the television show In search of history in 1999. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CV6 D0122693 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 1422985938 9781422985939 |
| System Details: | DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Participant or Performer: |
Narrator, David Ackroyd. |