Records. Denver Method-Denver Radium Service (inclusive), 1909-1958.

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Records. Denver Method-Denver Radium Service (inclusive), 1909-1958.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Denver Method, a patent medicine allegedly containing radium, 1921-1928; Denver Mud, an antiseptic and dressing for cuts, bruises, burns and other injuries, 1909-1940; DENVER POST, a newspaper with articles on medical fraud and quackery, 1958; and Denver Radium Service, makers of a machine allegedly to discharge "radiumized gas charged health water" into the air for treatment of hay fever and other diseases, 1923-1952.

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