Records. Committee on Foods-Committee on Mental Health (inclusive), 1930-1969.

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Records. Committee on Foods-Committee on Mental Health (inclusive), 1930-1969.

Correspondence, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning the AMA Committees on Foods, 1930-1963; Medical Aspects of Sports (including athletic injuries, drug and steroid abuse, and quackery involved in the treatment of these and related problems), 1964-1969; and Mental Health (material on the use of carbon dioxide by certain cults), 1953. Also included is an undated file entitled "Committee on Food and Drugs Act," containing notes on testimony before this body (either an AMA or a Congressional committee?)

8 folders.

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