Records. Copenhagen Snuff-Corns (inclusive), 1910-1967.

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Records. Copenhagen Snuff-Corns (inclusive), 1910-1967.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Copenhagen Snuff (a tobacco product thought, erroneously, to contain cocaine or morphine), 1910-1936; copper cooking utensils and their alleged hazards, 1928-1935; James M. Cordray, an alleged inventor of "cures" for various diseases (probably mentally disturbed), 1927-1930; and patent medicines to cure corns, 1917-1953. Also included are several folders on specific corn remedies, including Blue Jay Corn Plasters, Calocide, Freezone, Mrs. Mary K's Corn and Bunion Medicine, and Shur-off.

9 folders.

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originated as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. In 1940, it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it remained until 1953, when it became part of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. When the educational functions of this Department were separated to form the Dept. of Education in 1976, the remaining agencies, including the FDA, became the Dept. of Health and Human Services. From the description of Records. Foo...