Records. Intravenous Compound-Investigating Agencies (inclusive), 1902-1963.

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Records. Intravenous Compound-Investigating Agencies (inclusive), 1902-1963.

Correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials regarding Intravenous Compound and other nostrums exploited by Charles Lyman Loffler (or Loeffler) and Gilbert Dennis Loffler, 1910-1959; Intravenous Products Company, manufacturers of "Venarsen" and other questionable remedies, 1914-1936; "intravenous therapy," especially as promoted for tuberculosis, 1902-1935; and investigating agencies which offered to secure medical information for parties to lawsuits, 1963.

11 folders.

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American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation.

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