Records. Adam's Wonder Capsules-Adoption (inclusive), 1921-1958.

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Records. Adam's Wonder Capsules-Adoption (inclusive), 1921-1958.

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Correspondence, clippings, articles, and promotional materials concerning Adam's Wonder Capsules (a general cure-all for headaches, menstrual cramps, etc.), 1922; Adjusto (a penis-enlargement apparatus, also known as "Juvenator), 1924-1932; Louis Adler (a cancer-cure quack) and the "Adler Treatment," 1921-1949; and adoption (mostly concerning questionable private adoptions and "baby-farming" schemes), 1925-1958. Some of the Adler material is in Hungarian.

4 folders.

eng,

hun,

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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