Records. Electro Chemical Ring Company-Electrona Company (inclusive), 1910-1976.

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Records. Electro Chemical Ring Company-Electrona Company (inclusive), 1910-1976.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning the Electro Chemical Ring Company, maker of an iron ring claimed to have curative properties, 1910-1943; Electrolux, a vacuum cleaner which a salesman claimed could be used to treat asthma, but actually made it worse, 1935; Electro Medical Doctors, a group of quacks offering X-ray exams, 1917; and Electrona Company, maker of an electronic bed board with allegedly therapeutic qualities, 1976.

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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