Clark Stanley
American fraudster who marketed snake oil as a patent medicine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clark Stanley (b. c.ā1854 in Abilene, Texas, according to himself; the town was founded in 1881) was an American herbalist and quack doctor who marketed a "snake oil" as a patent medicine, styling himself the "Rattlesnake King" until his fraudulent products were exposed in 1916, popularizing the pejorative title of the "snake oil salesman".
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Clark Stanley | |
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Born | c.ā1854 |
Known for | Source of the term "snake oil salesman" |
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