Records. Wells, Rupert-West's Gravitizer Corporation (inclusive), 1909-1962.

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Records. Wells, Rupert-West's Gravitizer Corporation (inclusive), 1909-1962.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Rupert Wells, a cancer cure quack, 1909-1933; S.C. Wells and Company, a patent medicine firm, 1923-1956; West End Clinic, a Miami, Florida clinic which promoted non-surgical treatment for a wide variety of diseases, 1962; and West's Gravitizer Corporation, which promoted a device claimed to cure indigestion and related ailments, 1920-1921.

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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...