Records. International Exposition-International Health Shows, Ltd. (inclusive), 1911-1967.

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Records. International Exposition-International Health Shows, Ltd. (inclusive), 1911-1967.

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Correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials concerning International Exposition, a scheme run by Max Kaiser, whereby patent medicine manufacturers could purchase "grand prizes" for their products from expositions, 1911-1914; International Faculty of Sciences, a dubious honorary (?) organization, 1932-38; International Health Institute, a mail-order urinalysis scheme which solicited physicians as shareholders and medical examiners for its subscribers, 1927-1935; and International Health Shows, Ltd., a health-fair promotion operated by one Benjamin Powers Rifkin, 1967.

5 folders.

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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