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[Clipping: A Partial Group of Vitallium Surgical Prostheses]

Description: Pamphlet showing twenty-seven (27) separate surgical prostheses. The first page of this pamphlet identifies this item as “Bibliography and Excerpts from Dental and Surgical Literature on the Uses of Vitallium Prostheses”. The second page shows images of these implements and a key that identifies these twenty-seven items.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: “You’d Never Guess He Had a Cancer Five Years Ago”]

Description: Open letter stating that with the advances in medical technology such as radium, x-ray, and surgery it is possible to control 70% to 80% of early cancers. In the bottom right corner of this open letter are five potential symptoms of cancer that patients should immediately reach out to their medical practitioners. These signs are circled in red and blue colored pencil. On the back of the open letter is an advertisement for Kleenex tissues
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson, Karl
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: He puts his friends to sleep]

Description: In this newspaper clipping, the author describes how the psychologist, Max Mann, is putting chronic insomniacs to sleep with his soothing voice. The clipping also mentions that Dr. Mann recorded his voice and wrote a soothing book to help patients he cannot reach.
Date: unknown
Creator: The American Magazine
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Smoke Protects Fighters]

Description: Bulletin article discussing the advantage of smoke screens to cover the positions of troops, cities, harbors, ships, and camps during WWII. Partial articles on the reverse of the pages discuss military technology and medical research.
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: Monahan, A. C.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: DDT May Control Malaria]

Description: Bulletin article says that DDT has been proven to successfully control mosquitoes in rural areas of the U.S. South as a means to control malaria.
Date: December 30, 1944
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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