People who sold patent medicines said that they would cure all sorts of things.

卖成的人说能治百病。

Now, patent medicines made some really what we would now describe as " outrageous claims."

现，专物确实做出了一些我们现所说的“离谱的声明” 。

Many of the patent medicines had similar ingredients.

许多专物的成分相似。

Patent medicines made lots of claims about what they were supposed to be able to do.

专品对它们应该能够做什么做出了很多声明。

Patent medicine for example, is not medicine that's patented, so it's something of a misnomer.

例如，专并不是获得专的物，所以它有点用词不当。

In the American market for patented medicines, the drug's inventor has a great deal of pricing power, which has driven prices higher.

美国的专市场，物的明者拥有很大的定价权，从而推高了价格。

Other patent medicines tried to reap the benefits of technological advances.

其他专物试图从技术进步中获益。

A " claim" here is a statement about what something will do, in this case, what patent medicines will do for your body.

这里的“声明” 是关于某事会做什么的声明， 这种情况下，专物会对你的身体做什么。

I defined patent medicines as medicines that didn't work, but that's probably not completely true.

我将专定义为无效的物，但这可能不完全正确。

Some patent medicines probably did help people who were sick for some things.

一些专物可能确实帮助了因某些事情而生病的人。

Most, however, of the patent medicines had some sort of exotic ingredient, or they said it had an exotic ingredient.

然而， 大多数专物都含有某种外来成分，或者他们说它含有外来成分。

Several of the patent medicines contained opiates.

一些专物含有鸦片制剂。

It appears that she has been rotten for the last year, but you know she hates doctors and she's been taking all sorts of patent medicines.

看样子，她这一年都烂透了，可你知道，她讨厌医生， 各种成都吃。

Many of the patent medicine said that they used the roots of plants grown in swamps.

许多成都说他们使用的是生长沼泽中的植物的根。

In other words, some of the basic principles and ideas of advertising, of marketing, came from people working in the patent medicine industry, in the patent medicine business.

换句话说，广告和市场营销的一些基本原则和想法来自专品行业和专品业务的工作人员。

Samuel M. Kier was originally a salt manufacturer; more canny than his competitors, he sold the oil which came up with his water as a patent medicine.

Samuel M. Kier 最初是一名制盐商；比他的竞争对手更精明的是，他将用水制成的油作为专物出售。

When we're talking about physical things, then we use the word " patent." Patent medicine, however, isn't patented medicine, so it's something of what we would call a misnomer.

当我们谈论物理事物时， 我们会使用“专” 这个词。 但是，专物并不是专物，所以我们称之为用词不当。

Patent medicines are medicines that are sold and advertised as being cures, as being something that will solve a medical problem, but typically do not.

专是作为治疗物销售和宣传的物，可以解决医疗问题， 但通常不会。

When you use the term " patent medicine" in the United States, most people think immediately of the 19th century or the early 20th century.

当您美国使用“专” 一词时，大多数人会立即想到 19 世纪或 20 世纪初。

Some of the early kinds of soda, including Coca-Cola were also sold originally as being a kind of patent medicine.

一些早期的苏打水，包括可口可乐， 最初也作为一种专出售。