Records. Physicians Forum-Physicians Mutual Insurance Company (inclusive), 1938-1970.

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Records. Physicians Forum-Physicians Mutual Insurance Company (inclusive), 1938-1970.

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Correspondence, advertisements, promotional material, clippings, newsletters, and legal documents concerning Physicians Forum, an organization which opposed the AMA on issues including Social Security coverage for physicians, 1938-1969; Physicians' Home, an apparently legitimate retirement home for physicians, 1925-1931; Physicians Investment Bureau, a Pennsylvania organization of uncertain merit, 1960; and Physicians Mutual Insurance Company, a legitimate concern whose advertising was briefly questioned by the AMA, 1965-1970.

5 folders.

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originated as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. In 1940, it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it remained until 1953, when it became part of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. When the educational functions of this Department were separated to form the Dept. of Education in 1976, the remaining agencies, including the FDA, became the Dept. of Health and Human Services. From the description of Records. Foo...

Physicians Forum

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The collector, Walter Lear, was the founder of the Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health; he was also a member of the Physicians Forum and president of the organization in 1980. From the description of Physicians Forum collection, 1939-1998. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864980 ...