Records. International Anti-Narcotic League-International Association of Surgical Clinics (inclusive), 1923-1974.

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Records. International Anti-Narcotic League-International Association of Surgical Clinics (inclusive), 1923-1974.

Correspondence, articles, clippings, reports, legal documents, and promotional materials regarding the International Anti-Narcotic League, a Baltimore-based organization of uncertain purpose and merit, 1923; International Association of Anesthesiologists, an alternative organization run by Sylvan M. Shane which had "no stature with the American Society of Anesthesiologists," 1954-1967; International Association of Cancer Victims and Friends, founded by Cecile Pollock Hoffman, which advocated unorthodox therapies including laetrile, 1964-1974; and International Association of Surgical Clinics, 1967.

7 folders.

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