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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aAdams, Samuel Hopkins,
_d1871-1958
245 1 4 _aThe Clarion
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-08-05
508 _aProduced by Robert Shimmin, Robert Ledger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Clarion" by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story dives into the world of quackery and dubious medical practices through characters like Professor Andrew Leon Certain, a traveling salesman pushing his miracle cure, and Dr. Harrington Surtaine, an heir to a successful patent medicine business. The narrative likely explores themes of morality, ethics in medicine, and the consequences of deception in pursuit of profit. The opening of the novel introduces a public gathering where Professor Certain is captivating a crowd with his impassioned speech about a miraculous remedy he claims can cure all ailments. As he tries to sell his "Vitalizing Mixture," a mix of charisma and dubious claims, the scene intensifies with the arrival of a concerned stranger who challenges the professor's credibility. Tension rises dramatically when a distraught man accuses the professor of causing the death of his wife due to the same remedy. In a chaotic moment, an attempt on the professor's life unfolds, revealing a critical early conflict that hints at deeper themes of exploitation and human suffering, and sets the stage for the complex interactions between various characters as the plot unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aNewspapers -- Fiction
653 _aSlums -- Fiction
653 _aReporters and reporting -- Fiction
700 1 _aStevens, William Dodge,
_d1870-1942
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16447
999 _c57835
_d57835