Records. Pedroso, Octavio Felix-Pelc, J.J. (inclusive), 1907-1969.

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Records. Pedroso, Octavio Felix-Pelc, J.J. (inclusive), 1907-1969.

Correspondence, clippings, articles, advertisements, and promotional materials concerning Octavio Felix Pedroso, a Brazilian practitioner who claimed to be able to resuscitate the dead, 1922-1936; Peebles Institute of Health, purveyors of an epilepsy remedy, 1907-1931; Pega Palo, an alleged aphrodisiac and rejuvenator, 1957-1969; and J.J. Pelc, a Chicago chemist who produced a comprehensive line of toilet preparations and nostrums, 1927-28.

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