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THE photographic unit which the Royal Society of Medicine established, thanks to the generosity of the Rockefeller Foundation, is approaching completion of its short-term programme of rehabilitation of medical libraries which have suffered owing to the War. By the time this work is completed, some 150 libraries will have received assistance in this way, and 12–13,000 volumes (chiefly on film) will have been distributed: Further assistance of this kind can be given in return for payment, with, of course, the t of the publishers, who have very generously co-opsrated in the work now drawing to a close. This wiit, equipped as it is for all kinds of scientific photography, is now able to undertake work for Fellows of the Society and other men of science. The range of activities covers the preparation of film strips and lantern slides (both standard and miniature), reducing X-ray negatives and making positive images from them, photography of patients and specimens, enlargements and also colour photography. All this work is, of course, undertaken in return for payment ; but the fees charged are fixed on a nonprofit making basis. Fellows of the Society receive the service at reduced fees, since they support the Society by their annual subscriptions. The work has been developed for the past two months, and considerable interest has been evoked, not only because of the high quality of the work done, but also because the Royal Society of Medicine, in setting up this unit, is making a very practical contribution to the ancillary services needed by a high proportion of the members of the medical profession. The services outlined above are available to all concerned with sciences allied to medicine, as well as to those dealing with specifically medical subjects. Those interested should communicate with the Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W.I.
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Photographic Unit of the Royal Society of Medicine. Nature 164, 98 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164098b0
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