"Quack doctor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
Arthur Rothstein, photographer. Created May, 1938.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection.

Throughout this period, alternative practitioners and "quack doctors" maintained offices, clinics, and hospitals. In these locations they offered advice, medicines, and even surgery to those who would consult them.

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