Records. Sclero-Therapy Research Foundation-Sears, Roebuck and Company (inclusive), 1911-1974.

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Records. Sclero-Therapy Research Foundation-Sears, Roebuck and Company (inclusive), 1911-1974.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning the Sclero-Therapy Research Foundation, which promoted injection techniques for treating varicose veins and other diseases, 1961-1972; Orlando Frank Scott, a quack whose promotions included a diabetes cure and a lie detector, 1917-1967; sea salt and its use as a cure for various diseases, 1960-1974; and Sears, Roebuck and Company, a mail-order house which sometimes sold patent medicines in its mail-order catalogs, 1911-1959.

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation.

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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...

Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...