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1950's, Commentators, Healthcare, Medicine, Past Daily Reference Room, Popular Culture, Social Commentary, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

Happy Pills – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles.

Mental Health in the 1950’s was still something of a mystery when the first medications were introduced to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety and psychosis. The introduction of Tranquilizers to the American public was met with a goodly amount of…

gordonskene
January 17, 2021
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1970's, Capitol Hill, Democracy, Democrats, Healthcare, History, Medicare, Medicine, Past Daily, Past Daily Reference Room, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

Ted Kennedy Talks About Affordable Healthcare – 1974 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sen. Ted Kennedy on National Health Care The debate over affordable Health Care has been groaning on for decades, it makes for great soundbites, and sometimes it gets votes. But the seemingly…

gordonskene
September 5, 2012
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