Records. Cholesterol-Christian Science (inclusive), 1899-1983.

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Records. Cholesterol-Christian Science (inclusive), 1899-1983.

Correspondence, books, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning cholesterol, 1982-1983; Gardi-Aid, a patent medicine to control cholesterol, 1957-1958; Barrett's St. Vitus Dance Remedy, a patent medicine for chorea, 1911-1938; CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WORLD, a periodical run by Horace Fletcher (who claimed that people would gain better health by chewing their food many times before swallowing it), 1909; Christian Science, a religion which relied on a variation of faith healing rather than orthodox medical treatment to cure disease, 1899-1980; and Edmund F. Burton, an M.D. with a bad reputation, who publicized his switch to Christian Science, 1908-1930. See also the files on "Faith Healers."

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