Records. Guertin's Nerve Syrup-Gun's Pain Expeller (inclusive), 1907-1944.

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Records. Guertin's Nerve Syrup-Gun's Pain Expeller (inclusive), 1907-1944.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials on Guertin's Nerve Syrup, a patent medicine for epilepsy, 1907-1936; Guild Company, a letter broker selling or leasing testimonial letters to vendors of patent medicines, 1907-1915; Texas Guinan, actress and promoter of an obesity "cure", 1913-1944; and Dr. Gun's Pain Expeller, a pain-killer containing opium, 1913.

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