James Harvey Young
American social historian (1915–2006)
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James Harvey Young (September 8, 1915 – July 29, 2006) was social historian most well known as an expert on the history of medical frauds and quackery.[1][2][3]
DiedJuly 29, 2006 (aged 90)
OccupationsProfessor, social historian
James Harvey Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 8, 1915 |
| Died | July 29, 2006 (aged 90) |
| Occupations | Professor, social historian |
Young was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois. From 1941 he worked as a professor of history at Emory University.[4]
His The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America (1967) was a scholarly volume that documented many of the medical frauds in the United States.[5][6]
Publications
- The Toadstool Millionaires: A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation (1961)
- The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America (1967)
- American Self-Dosage Medicines: An Historical Perspective (1974)
- The Early Years of Federal Food and Drug Control (1982)
- Pure Food: Securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (1989)
- American Health Quackery: Collected Essays of James Harvey Young (1992)
