Records. Zip Injection-Zovia (inclusive), 1912-1959.

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Records. Zip Injection-Zovia (inclusive), 1912-1959.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, packaging samples, and promotional materials concerning Zip Injection (or Injection Zip), a venereal-disease cure promoted for both men and women, 1912-1925; William Joseph Zogheib, promoter of "Maravilla" and "Renacimiento" for cancer and tuberculosis respectively, 1931; Zonite, an antiseptic promoted particularly for "feminine hygiene," 1917-1959; and Zovia, a "concentrated" mineral water promoted with exaggerated health claims, 1926-28.

8 folders.

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