Tag: Dr. D. W. Nolan

In the agricultural heartland of Mercer County, Ohio, the year 1921 was marked by a contentious public health and consumer protection battle. The central figures were a traveling purveyor named Dr. D.W. Nolan, his associate E.A. Brenneman, and their aggressively marketed hog remedy, “Noxine.” This episode, meticulously documented in regional newspapers and agricultural journals, reveals […]