Records. Pregnancy-Prescribing By Mail (inclusive), 1905-1955.

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Records. Pregnancy-Prescribing By Mail (inclusive), 1905-1955.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning pregnancy, 1909-1955; premature burial (reports on individuals who were prematurely pronounced dead and prepared for burial), 1905-1910; and "Prescribing by Mail" (material concerns a physician who prescribed medication for menstrual discomfort through the mail), 1916.

5 folders.

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