Ironically the original snake oil salesman's pitch involved slitting open a live rattlesnake and boiling it in front of a crowd. https://www.npr.org/sections/c

Ironically the original snake oil salesman's pitch involved slitting open a live rattlesnake and boiling it in front of a crowd. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377...