Records. Sontelieu, S.E.-South Dakota State Food and Drug Department (inclusive), 1909-1970.

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Records. Sontelieu, S.E.-South Dakota State Food and Drug Department (inclusive), 1909-1970.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Stephen E. Sontelieu, a medical impostor and mail fraud artist, 1915-1923; Joseph Sorokowski, promoter of a rheumatism cure, 1914-1924; "sour milk therapy" (file concerns the merits or demerits of yogurt as a food and as a cure for various ailments), 1909-1970; and South Dakota State Food and Drug Department, 1912-1918.

5 folders.

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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...