Records. National Bone and Tissue Laboratories-National Cancer Hospital of America (inclusive), 1947-1978.

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Records. National Bone and Tissue Laboratories-National Cancer Hospital of America (inclusive), 1947-1978.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning the National Bone and Tissue Laboratories, makers of a drug for degenerative bone conditions, 1965; National Burn Victim Foundation, non-profit service organization for burn victims, 1978; National Cancer Foundation, a fake foundation to raise funds for cancer research, 1947-1953; and National Cancer Hospital of America, a fraudulent fund-raising scheme, 1962.

4 folders.

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