Krebiozen Ampules
date: label: Date made
content: c.1960
notes: label: Description
content: Krebiozen was introduced in the 1950s as an alternative (and since debunked) treatment for cancer. These Krebiozen capsules were collected by Laine Friedman, an active member of the Citizen’s Committee for Cancer Survivors on Krebiozen.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Krebiozen, FDA, NIH Still on Trail of Anticancer Drug; and Congress on Trail of Agencies,” Science 141 (1963): 1021.
label: Description
content: “Cancer Drug’s Use Described for Congress,” Chicago Tribune (May 15, 1963), p. C6.
label: Description
content: “Krebiozen Tests of F.D.A. Disputed,” New York Times (Sept. 13, 1963), p. 30.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: user's community
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Cancer
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content: Cancer: Treatment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0097.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0097
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0097.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Experimental Drug
label: Object Name
content: drug, experimental
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 18 cm x 10.6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 18.415 cm x 11.43 cm