Records. Department of Environmental Health-Department of Hospitals and Medical Facilities (inclusive), 1941-1973.

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Records. Department of Environmental Health-Department of Hospitals and Medical Facilities (inclusive), 1941-1973.

Correspondence, articles and supplementary materials concerning the AMA Department of Environmental Health (including some material on the fluoridation issue), 1967-1969; Department of Health Education, an AMA department dealing with health education by the AMA, other organizations, and the media, 1941-1973; the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-1972; and the AMA Department of Hospitals and Medical Facilities, 1966-1967.

5 folders.

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