1900's Medicine and Health | Pure Food and Drug Act

Law

By: Harvey W. Wiley

Date: 1906

Source: Wiley, Harvey W. Pure Food and Drug Act. Matrix. Available online at http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst203/documents/pure.html; website home page: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu (accessed March 15, 2003).

About the Author: Harvey W. Wiley (1844–1930) received his doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University in 1873. He was a professor of chemistry at Purdue University between 1874 and 1883 and chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1883 and 1912. He was also the author of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.

Introduction

The safety and wholesomeness of food and drugs suffered a crisis of confidence at the beginning of the twentieth century. Two...