Records. Disinfectants-Doctors Economic Consultants (inclusive), 1906-1967.

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Records. Disinfectants-Doctors Economic Consultants (inclusive), 1906-1967.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning disinfectants, patent medicines and cleansers used as germicides for human use and for care of livestock, 1910-1952; Doan's Kidney Pills, a patent medicine for kidney diseases, 1906-1965; Doctor's Association, organized to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of physicians working in hospitals, 1966; and Doctors Economic Consultants, a subsidiary of American Medical Financial Corporation (which ran a fraudulent scheme to lease facilities and equipment to physicians at an exorbitant price), 1967.

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