New book from the Cotter Medical History Trust
Claire Le Couteur - 24th June 2024
New Zealand had a remarkable number of quacks and fraudsters active in the early 20th Century. They travelled the length and breadth of the country promoting their curative gadgets. The Cotter Collection includes many of these devices, and even a completed phrenology chart. A medicine chest contains pills and potions thought to provide cures for many common complaints. The outright quacks, who invariably came via Australia, once exposed in New Zealand returned to cause further mayhem there.
Copies of the book are available for $30, plus $8 postage within New Zealand. Please contact us at info@cottermuseum.co.nz if you would like to order a copy.