Before Apple Cider Vinegar: Cures, Cons and Quacks in Colonial Australia
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Before Apple Cider Vinegar: Cures, Cons and Quacks in Colonial Australia
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At the time of recording, the most watched drama on Netflix in Australia was "Apple Cider Vinegar" which was inspired by the story of fraudster Belle Gibson, who built an empire pretending to have cured herself of cancer. But Gibson was not the first (nor will she be the last) to profit from selling fake cures.
In colonial Australia, long before Gibson and "Apple Cider Vinegar," quack medicine was everywhere. In this episode, Juliana examines the allure of deadly soothing syrups for babies, full of opium, alcohol and cannabis, and how a savvy businessman selling vegetable oil as a cure-all used advertising to make himself rich. She also offers a peek behind the curtain at the living conditions which made these medicines so desirable, and how long-overdue regulation finally ended their reign around the beginning of the twentieth century.
Listeners please note, the episode contains racist language in historical context.
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