Records. New York Institute for Child Development-New York Tribune (inclusive), 1904-1972.

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Records. New York Institute for Child Development-New York Tribune (inclusive), 1904-1972.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials regarding New York Institute for Child Development, which utilized massive doses of vitamins, a change of diet, and patterning to treat brain disorders, 1972; New York Institute of Science, a quackish firm which sold a mail order course in hypnotism, 1904-1952; NEW YORK JOURNAL, a newspaper carrying questionable advertising, 1911-1915; and NEW YORK TRIBUNE, a newspaper conducting a campaign against quackish ads, 1914-1923.

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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