Records. Peripheral Vascular Society of America-Persona (inclusive), 1922-1972.

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Records. Peripheral Vascular Society of America-Persona (inclusive), 1922-1972.

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Correspondence, clippings, advertisements, reports, and promotional materials relating to Peripheral Vascular Society of America, an organization devoted to sclerotherapy, an obsolete treatment for varicose veins, 1970; Perkins Metallic Tractors, an eighteenth-century "galvanism" cure for rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, and other complaints, 1922-1972; Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation, which also operated a "research service" and was accused of various misrepresentations, 1926-1945; Perse, an alleged drug-addiction cure promoted by former cancer-cure artist Emanuel Revici, 1971-72; and PERSONA, a popular magazine of "health, happiness [and] success," 1928-29.

6 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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