Records. Electronet Company-Electro-Radio Doctors (inclusive), 1911-1946.

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Records. Electronet Company-Electro-Radio Doctors (inclusive), 1911-1946.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning the Electronet Company, maker of the Magnecoil, an electric heating pad promoted as a cure-all, 1916-1946; Electro-Oxygen Company (or Electro-Oxygen Institute), promoters of a quack electrical device to cure tuberculosis, 1913-1917; and Electro-Radio Doctors, a group of quacks offering fake electrical treatments for all diseases, 1911.

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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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