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Know the Law
Placebos and fake medicines promising cures emerge whenever society is faced with epidemics. There will be elements in society, who will try to make quick money through offers of magical cures by exploiting the gullible sections in the wake of the inability of established medicinal systems to offer ready remedies to a novel disease. One such attempt by a company during the influenza epidemic in England led to the birth of a landmark decision in contract law and consumer rights : Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co(1892).
Placebos and fake medicines promising cures emerge whenever society is faced with epidemics. There will be elements in society, who will try to make quick money through offers of magical cures by exploiting the gullible sections in the wake of the inability of established medicinal systems to offer ready remedies to a novel disease. One such attempt by a company during the influenza epidemic in England led to the birth of a landmark decision in contract law and consumer rights : Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co(1892).
