This article is extracted from the new book, bearing the title Edison did NOT like: "Wizard of Menlo Park" . You'd think somebody writing a book would look up basic facts, but here's a quote which jumped out at me right away, and I'm no expert on the people mentioned: " (She [Sarah Bernhardt] did endorsements for commercial products like a dentifrice for a fee, but she did draw the line when P. T. Barnum offered her $10,000 for the rights to display a medical curiosity: her amputated leg.) " This would've been quite a feat for Barnum, who died 24 YEARS before BErnhardt's leg was cut off! haha