Records. Prescription Writing-President's Health Program (inclusive), 1911-1966.

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Records. Prescription Writing-President's Health Program (inclusive), 1911-1966.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning instruction on prescription writing, including the use of Latin over English, 1911-1949; prescriptions (this material concerns drug stores which prescribed medication over the counter), 1911-1954; President's Consumer Advisory Council, (a single article discussing the formation of the Council), 1962; and President's Health Program, (articles and correspondence discussing the government's proper role in health care, including a proposed National Health Care Program), 1939-1966.

4 folders.

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