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= Arthur J. Cramp = Arthur Joseph Cramp (September 10, 1872 – November 25, 1951) was an American physician, writer, editor, and anti-quackery crusader who founded the American Medical Association's Bureau of Investigation. He edited three volumes of the Association's Nostrums and Quackery series and was according to his obituary in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "a prolific and constant contributor to THE JOURNAL, and a pioneer in the fight against quackery and fraud in the healing arts." He wrote three books and innumerable articles on the subject of quackery.

Early life and career
Cramp was born in London, England. Around the age of 19 he came to the United States and settled in Milwaukee, WI, where he was a high school science teacher. He lost his three-year old daughter at the hands of a quack. Reportedly grief-stricken, Cramp went to medical school. In 1906 he received an M.D. from Milwaukee's Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The Propaganda for Reform
Following graduation, Cramp spent a period in private practice, during which time he was a physician at a spa in Waukesha, WI. In 1913, Cramp took an editorial position at American Medical Association's headquarters in Chicago, where he was in charge of the new the Propaganda for Reform Department (later renamed the Bureau of Investigation). Cramp's job at the AMA, according to Morris Fishbein, the editor of JAMA,"[...] was concerned with the exposure of patent medicines and their advertising. Cramp at once began to assemble in folders materials regarding every such product on sale in the United States. Index cards were made which eventually reached more than 300,000 listing every type of product sold directly to the public. Using all the devices of inquiry, the material in the folders grew larger and larger. Each week Cramp prepared for The Journal an article to be published under the heading 'Propaganda for Reform.'."collecting and cataloging information in the press about quackery and nostrums from around the country. The collection was the basis of an extended public education campaign that sought to ...

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