Records. National Health Association-National Health Council (inclusive), 1914-1974.

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Records. National Health Association-National Health Council (inclusive), 1914-1974.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials regarding the National Health Association, a quackish firm which offered physical examinations and "treatments" for diseases alleged to have been discovered in the examinations, 1927-1947; National Health Conservation League, which conducted a campaign against drug peddlers, 1914-1923; and National Health Council, a consortium of voluntary organizations and professional associations, 1961-1974.

5 folders.

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