Records. International Medical Services Foundation-International Physicians Exchange (inclusive), 1914-1975.

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Records. International Medical Services Foundation-International Physicians Exchange (inclusive), 1914-1975.

Correspondence, memoranda, articles, clippings, and promotional materials concerning the International Medical Services Foundation, a Cleveland organization of uncertain purpose and merit, 1964; International Medico-Legal Association, a dubious organization operated by Charles E.M. Fischer, 1914-1935; International Pharmaceutical Company, which promoted a nostrum called Lax-Ola and sold shares of its stock through the mails, 1915-17; and International Physicians Exchange, an American placement agency for European physicians, 1967-1972.

5 folders.

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