Records. Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)-Diphenylhydantoin (DPH) (inclusive), 1918-1983.

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Records. Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)-Diphenylhydantoin (DPH) (inclusive), 1918-1983.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and supplementary materials concerning Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO), a drug for treatment of arthritis, spinal paralysis and other diseases, 1977-1982; Dionol Company, makers of a patent medicine for hemorrhoids, ulcers, hay fever, deafness and a variety of other diseases, 1918-1946; Dioxin, a controversial chemical identified by some scientists as a carcinogen, but used in Agent Orange (a herbicide used in the Vietnam war), 1983; and diphenylhydantoin (DPH), a drug promoted by one Jack Dreyfus as a treatment for epilepsy, 1981.

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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...