Footwork to cure all ills charged in woman's trial
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated March 10, 1961 partially reads, "A jury of eight men and four women is expected today to decide whether an Encino woman is guilty of practicing medicine without a license. The State board of Medical Examiners has contended that Anna Mazzarelli, 59, 16026 Ventura Blvd., a licensed cosmetologist, claims she can cure illness or disease by manipulating the feet and toes through a process called 'reflexology.' Mrs. Mazzarelli has taken lectures in 'reflexology,' a process teaching nerve endings of the body's various organs terminate in the feet. Attorney John T. LaFollette, Encino, counsel for Mrs. Mazzarelli, pointed out that since she is a licensed cosmetologist, she is entitled to give 'massages and other similar treatment.'"
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Touch--Therapeutic use--California--Los Angeles Reflexology (Therapy)--California--Los Angeles Alternative medicine--California--Los Angeles Beauty operators--California--Los Angeles Malpractice--California--Los Angeles Arraignment--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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