Records. National Disease and Therapeutic Index-National Foot Health Council (inclusive), 1914-1964.

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Records. National Disease and Therapeutic Index-National Foot Health Council (inclusive), 1914-1964.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials regarding National Disease and Therapeutic Index, a medical statistical research program, 1958; National Drug and Chemical Company, a patent medicine firm whose product allegedly contained gin, 1914-1938; National Food Bureau, an organization of flour millers and bakers which sought to offset propaganda concerning dietary deficiencies in bread, 1929-1937; and National Foot Health Council, an organization run by a podiatrist promoting foot health, 1926-1964.

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