Records. Saint Louis Society of Medical Research-Sal Fruitol (inclusive), 1899-1936.

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Records. Saint Louis Society of Medical Research-Sal Fruitol (inclusive), 1899-1936.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning St. Louis Society of Medical Research, an organization of eclectic doctors, 1913; St. Luke's Hospital, a Niles, Michigan institution which offered to sell diplomas to physicians under the guise of awarding them consulting status, 1899-1935; St. Vitus Dance remedies (file concerns Stuchlik's St. Vitus Dance Medicine), 1931; and Sal Fruitol, a laxative, 1920-1936.

4 folders.

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