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American Chamber of Horrors

Nonfiction work

By: Ruth deForest Lamb

Date: 1936

Source: Lamb, Ruth deForest. American Chamber of Horrors. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1936, 123–127.

About the Author: Ruth deForest Lamb was the chief education officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during at era when the public was being deluged with advertisements for quack remedies and useless and sometimes dangerous devices, cosmetics, and regimes. Her book, along with the work of other FDA officials, was instrumental in convincing the U.S. Congress to pass the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
of 1938

Law

By: U.S. Congress

Date: 1938

Source: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. Sec. 351.—Adulterated drugs and devices. Available at...