VICTORIAN CANCER CURES
VICTORIAN ADVERTISING
By
Jennifer Carnell
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Some adverts offered alleged cures for even the most dangerous of conditions.
Mr. Hudson's 'cure'.
'In external cancer the whole growth is completely extracted by the Hudson
process'.
With a quote from a customer from 1872, 'The cancer which was on my father's
lip is almost well now. The roots came away nicely.' The father survived for
22 years.
An advert from 1895.
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