Which self-proclaimed "Rattlesnake King" is the original snake oil salesman?

If you're looking for the original "snake oil" salesman, then look no further than Clark Stanley. Snake oil is actually a thing; and it actually works...if it's real. Chinese railroad workers once used oil from the Chinese water snake as medicine to treat bursitis and arthritis. Its Omega-3 fatty acids had effective healing powers. But when some oily American salesmen attempted to capitalize on this, phony medicines were made in lieu of the real stuff. The "Rattlesnake King," for instance, would demonstrate his tactics by splitting open a rattlesnake and boiling it. In the end, his all-in-one cure was mainly mineral oil.

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