Abstract
ACCOBDING to an annotation in the Journal of the American Medical Association of July 25. the Health Research Institute of tho City of New York will receive a million dollars a year for ten years for researches onpublic health. The City and the Institute, which is a non-profit scientific institution, have entered into a contract which came into effect on July 1 and is automatically renewable for similar periods. The money is to be used to carry on fundamental medical research under the direction of a research council composed of authorities in medicine, biology, physiology, nutrition, public health and related subjects. Under the contract the services to be rendered by the Institute will include the following: (1) investigations into the control of diseases such as influenza, poliomyelitis, arthritis, degenerative diseases and general physiologicalproblems ; (2) engagement in laboratory experimentation in order to develop better and more economical biological products and improved technical procedures for use in controlling diseases and epidemics ; (3) aid to the director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the Department of Health in matters involving public health research.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Public Health Research. Nature 150, 345 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150345b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150345b0