Records. Gatsos, John D.-General Health Bureau (inclusive), 1912-1959.

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Records. Gatsos, John D.-General Health Bureau (inclusive), 1912-1959.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials on Dr. John D. Gatsos, a patent-medicine purveyor who was in frequent legal trouble, 1934-1959; gelatin and its merits as a food, especially for invalids, 1913-1927; General Electric Company (file concerns promotion of an ozone generating machine), 1912-1933; and General Health Bureau, apparently an organization promoting public health improvements, 1925-1929.

4 folders.

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