37. Medicine and Health,, 1926-1980

Summary: Documents CR's interest in health care in the U.S. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, newsletters and other publications. Subjects include medicine and medical care, physicians, medical practice and malpractice, medical quackery, group and social medicine, hospitals, American Medical Association, Osteopaths, chiropractors, longevity, birth control, home safety and hazards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Accident and Casualty Protection, first aid, alcohol and alcoholism, public health, Health and Hygiene (1934-1938), vital statistics, morbidity, quack medical appliances, nostrums, drugs (aspirin, allergy drugs, laxatives, ether), hydrotherapy, air pollution, diseases (heart, colds, obesity, foot diseases, skin diseases, sunburn, cancer), dentistry, fluoridation, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and optometry and eye diseases.