Records. Sherri-Vim-Shoop Family Medicine Company (inclusive), 1907-1972.

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Records. Sherri-Vim-Shoop Family Medicine Company (inclusive), 1907-1972.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Sherri-Vim, a fortified wine promoted as a rejuvenation cure, 1959-1960; shock treatment (electroconvulsive therapy) and its use as a cure for various diseases, 1952-1972; shoes and their use to cure various foot ailments, 1907-1927; and Shoop Family Medicine Company, a patent medicine firm, 1917-1923.

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