Records. Sanborn, Ida M.-Sanford, William Wells (inclusive), 1910-1970.

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Records. Sanborn, Ida M.-Sanford, William Wells (inclusive), 1910-1970.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Ida M. Sanborn, who promoted a patent-medicine "cure" for diabetes, 1914-1940; A.T. Sanden, who sold an electric belt for use as a cure-all, 1910-1926; Sandia Pharmaceutical Corporation, which sold an injectable form of amphetamines combined with a protein substance, 1970; and William Wells Sanford, a physician of unsavory fiscal reputation, 1926.

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