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...Plan, nevertheless, had to survive the criticisms of most farm economists and many farm legislators. To critics the Brannan proposals looked as dangerous as the malady they were supposed to cure. Nobody could make an honest prediction of what it would cost, including Charlie Brannan himself (he thought it might be no more than the present program); other guesses ranged as high as $9.5 billion a year...
Taking care not to arouse the Food & Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission, which have their own views about cure-all nostrums, LeBlanc merely describes Hadacol on the box as a "Dietary Supplement . . . formulated as an Aid to Nature in rebuilding the Pep, Strength and Energy of Buoyant Health when the System is deficient in the Vitamins and Minerals found in this Tonic . . ."In short: if its what you need, it's what you need. Besides which, the almost one ounce of ethyl alcohol in each bottle (about as much as comes in a double martini) gives...
Under the guise of "religious articles," stores do a thriving business selling spiritualist charms. There is Attraction Incense, incense "to vibrate the powers of Lady Luck," Compelling Incense, High Conquering Incense ("Its fumes the steppingstone to the mighty conqueror condition"). Harder to find are the brujos, who cure asthma by hanging a tiny dead green frog in a bag around the neck...
...anything for such cases. Even the attempt to find a name for the condition has only added to the confusion. In the 19th Century, victims of this mental illness were called "morally insane." Later they were called "constitutional psychopathic individuals" (C.P.I.s), or "psychopathic personalities." No progress toward a cure could be expected when the condition could not even be studied effectively: there was no legal basis for confining victims against their will, and no place to which they could be persuaded to go, to help doctors to help them...
...forerunners of Alcoholics Anonymous indulged in "a season of songs, prayers and expressions of neighborly interest" at the drunkard's bedside. This was guaranteed to cure all but the most stubborn cases. But one drunkard's wife sewed him up in a sheet, tied him to a bedpost, and called in the neighbors to look at him. Added Blanton: "He never touched liquor again. This was because he was so humiliated that he went out and hanged himself...