Welcome to
the
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Online!
Founder Bob McCoy retired and closed the St. Anthony Main location of the museum in 2002, donating his devices to the Science Museum of Minnesota, which still displays a number of items in their Collections Gallery. MuseumofQuackery.com features all of the items Bob had on display, many of which are also featured in his book: Quack!: Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices .
Watch clips of curator Bob McCoy in our newly updated video vault!
History Buffs!
The 1905 Colliers magazine series, The Great American Fraud,
exposed the patent medicine industry for it's use of addicting
cocaine, morphine and alcohol. In 1906, Congress passed the first
U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act. See our series overview,
editor Norman Hapgood's condemnation
of the evils and dangers, and Samuel Hopkins Adams' expose, The Great American Fraud including
Part IV: The Subtle Poisons.
Caution: text intensive
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