Records. Rectal Diseases, 1909-1967.

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Records. Rectal Diseases, 1909-1967.

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Correspondence, articles, promotional materials, and clippings concerning Jacob D. Albright, a physician who taught courses and conducted clinics on rectal disease, 1919-1930, 1947; Burleson & Burleson, a concern owned by two brothers who claimed to cure rectal diseases via a "dissolvent method", 1909-1965; William C. MacGregor, an osteopath and medical doctor who claimed to be a specialist in rectal diseases, 1925-1961; A.S. McCleary, who owned a clinic/sanitarium where he purveyed a non-surgical treatment for piles and other ills, 1913-1941; the Thornton & Minor Sanitarium, which treated rectal diseases as well as hernia/rupture and "women's diseases", 1909-1967; and George and Edward Wix, a father-and-son team who claimed they could cure rectal diseases through "safe and successful office treatments", 1909-1961.

19 folders.

American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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