American Academy of Ophthalmology: New Museum of the Eye Exhibit Explores Weird Blindness Cures From the 1800s
May 08, 2024
May 08, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 8 -- The American Academy of Ophthalmology issued the following news release on May 7, 2024:
Before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established in 1906 to protect the public from fraudulent medical products, the marketing of "quack" devices and elixirs promising quick fixes and cures for blindness ran amok. The Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye today announced the opening of Hoodwinked: 19th Century Quack Medicine. Hoodwinked . . .
Before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established in 1906 to protect the public from fraudulent medical products, the marketing of "quack" devices and elixirs promising quick fixes and cures for blindness ran amok. The Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye today announced the opening of Hoodwinked: 19th Century Quack Medicine. Hoodwinked . . .