Records. Obesity Cures, 1899-1983.

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Records. Obesity Cures, 1899-1983.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles, clippings, promotional materials, and legal documents concerning alleged "cures" for obesity, including patent medicines, pills, fad diets, creams, ointments and bath preparations, salons and resorts, mechanical devices, girdles and corsets, cigarettes, body wraps, and various other treatments.

7.5 cubic ft. (23 boxes).

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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