Records. Coli-Actine Feng-Collins Products (inclusive), 1907-1972.

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Records. Coli-Actine Feng-Collins Products (inclusive), 1907-1972.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and supplementary materials concerning Coli-Actine Feng, a patent medicine, 1924-1931; colitis remedies, including Floratone and other patent medicines for colitis, 1933-1953; COLLIER'S WEEKLY, a magazine, which carried articles attacking health fraud, 1907-1946; and Collins Products, makers of "immune milk," a milk product claimed to be useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis, 1957-1972.

7 folders.

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