Clark Stanley was an American herbalist and quack doctor who sold snake oil to railroad workers and miners at fairs right across the US in the early 1900s.
Claiming that his liniment was made from rattlesnakes and could cure everything from back ache to rheumatism, the so-called “Rattlesnake King” was disappointed to be called out first by customers and subsequently the Bureau of Chemistry (now the US Food and Drug Administration).
When Bureau analysis revealed his liniment contained no snake oil and was in fact made of mineral oil, beef fat, red pepper and turpentine the King was deposed. The Pure Food and Drug Act, passed in 1906, aimed to keep things that way and Stanley was fined $20 (about $490 in today's money) for his fraudulent claims. Read more:
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