Records. Salvarsan, 1910-1933.

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Records. Salvarsan, 1910-1933.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and legal, promotional and supplementary materials concerning Salvarsan, a syphilis drug marketed by a German firm and its American affiliate prior to World War I, but taken over by the American-owned Chemical Foundation during the war. After the war, Herman A. Metz, owner of the American firm, filed an unsuccessful lawsuit to obtain the return of the patents from the Chemical Foundation. His company then turned to making other patent medicines including a cure for eczema.

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originated as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. In 1940, it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it remained until 1953, when it became part of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. When the educational functions of this Department were separated to form the Dept. of Education in 1976, the remaining agencies, including the FDA, became the Dept. of Health and Human Services. From the description of Records. Foo...