flL£ Copy ecor U. 5 . DEPA R TMENT OF July 13, 1966 NATIONAL I N STITUTES OF H EALTH HEALTH. EDUCATION . AND WELFARE Vol. XVIII, No. 14 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Dr. Arnold Pratt N/GMS Grant to Advance Study of the Dr. Sessoms Wins Living Body Through Tiny Transmitters Is Appointed First Br Wa nda Warddell Meritorious Medal The study of the living body thl·ough tiny electronic devices whose Director of DC RT components are so small as to be almost invisible will be greatly ad­ For Second Time vanced by a 4-year program supported by the National Institute of Dr. Arnold W. Prntt has been General Medical Sciences. In recoguition of his outstanding named Direct.or of the Division of According t.o Dr. Fr,ederick L. contributions to the regional medi­ Computer Research and Technol­ St.one, Direct.or of the National In­ cal programs, Dr. Stuart M. Ses­ ogy at the National Institutes of stitute of General Medical Sci­ soms, Deputy Director of NIH, has Health, Dr. James A. Shannon, ences, this award is an important recently received the distinction of NIH Director, announced recently. step in the Institute's expanding a second Meritorious Service Medal. Dr. Pratt's appointment was effec­ program of support for biomedical The first Meritorious Ser vice tive July 6. engineering, one of the general Medal was awarded to Dr. Sessoms Dr. Pratt will direct a three­ clinical at·eas for which the Insti­ on April 9, 1964, for his accom­ faceted program for application of tute is a major source of research plishments as Chief of the Cancer computer teehnology and related support. Chemotherapy National Service This shows comparison of ~ize of on disciplines t.o NIH research pro­ Dr. Ko Gets Grant Center from 1968 t.o 1962. FM tronsmittor and battery-powered The most recent award cites Dr. grams. In addition ·to conducting source with thot of on aspirin tablet. m<1thematical, engineering, statis­ An initial grant of $163,440 goes Sessoms' "outstanding ability and to Dr. Wen H. Ko, Associate Pro­ The upper tra nsmitter has been cooled achievements in the development, tical and pi-ogramming research fessor of Engineering and Director before being implanted in on a.pe ri­ and development for the more ef­ operation and staffing of the new of the Solid State Electronics Lab­ mentol animal. program for enhancing the heijlth fective use of computers in the so­ oratory, Engineering Design Center lution of biomedical problems, the of the American people by the and Engineering Division, Case In­ six main areas. One will be the at­ Division v.;11 collaborate with man­ tempt to reduce the size of the newly established regional medical agement, program officials, and in­ stitute of Technology. programs." Dr. Ko has already succeeded in transmitter still further for im­ dividual scientists on projects lend­ Aids Legislation ing themselves t.o computer proc­ producing F M transmitters no planting in the body. This would essing, and will provide a central­ larger than a shirt button to be permit long-tel'm monit.oring of In recommending Dr. Sessoms i:ood computation and data process­ implanted in the body and t.o record electroencephalograms, electrocar­ for the award, Dr. James A. Shan­ non, Director of NIH, specifically ing service fot· all of NIH. the electrical activity of ~e mus­ diograms, and similar electrical noted Dr. Sessoms' substantial con­ Dr. Pratt Ca?ne to the National cles and hearts of mice, rats and signals given oft' by the body. other animals. tribution t.o the legislative process Institutes of Health in 1948 from Attempts will also be made to The research program will be in resulting in Public Law 89-239, the (Su DR. PRATT. Page SJ construcL implant transmitters that Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke can transmit 10 or more different Amendments of 1965. types of physiological information Dr. Sessoms assumed immediate Patient on Whom First Craniotomy at on multichannel systems. responsibility for planning the ad­ In the second area, new energy min istrntive means by which NIH NIH Was Performed Returns to Visit sources for the implants ,viii be proposed to carry out the new pro­ J ohn Unger, a former patient here, recently returned to the Clinical sought. Up t.o now, t'he implants gram. Center to renew old acquaintances. One of those he greeted was his have been either battery-powered, He consulted extensively with surgeon, Dr. Maitland Baldwin, Director of Clinical Researeh, National with a limited life, or radio-pow­ important lenders of medical insti­ I nstitute of Neurological Diseases ered. tutions and organizations through­ and Blindness, who performed the Aim Described (Soo DR. Sf:SSOMS, Page t) first tempornl craniot.omy at NIH Dr. Ko hopes to provide the on Mr. Unger in Oct.obet· 1953. small microwatt requirements of U.S. Navy Band Concert Since that time, Mr. Unger has the FM implants by heat, light, or lieen well. He now recalls his asso­ electromagnetic energy from their Set for July 26 at CC ciations with the NIH with a sense environment inside the o,·ganism or The third in this season's series of gratitude and friendship. even by motion, pressure changes, of outdoor band concerts for Clini­ Be is representative of the tem­ chemical differences, or electrical cal Center patients will be present­ poral lobe seizure program, a ma­ differences within the organism it­ ed on Tuesday, July 26, at 7 :30 jot· efforl of the Surgical Neurol­ self. p.m. by the United Sta.tes Navy ogy Rranch of NIND13. Work is also proceeding in the Rand in the driveway adjacent to Approximately 400 persons have use of body fluids as an energy the Admissions Department of the participated in this program, as source, employing the fuel-cell Clinical Center. Jn event of rain, inpatients, since it.s beginning in principle. the concert will be held in the CC October 1953, and 60 percent of In a third area, it has been found audit.orium. those operated on have achieved John Unger (le~). once o potient ot that many semi-conducti11g mate­ NIH employees, their families relief of seizures. tho NIH Clinicol Center and subject of rials alter their electrical proper­ and friends are invited to attend, The program also provides in­ the first te mporal craniotomy here, ties in response to changes in the but patients will have priority in formation on language, memory, is shown with Dr. Moitlond Boldwin environment such as temperature, seatinst. Arrangements fot· this affect, particular behavioral mani­ who performed the su rgery in October pressure, light, magnetic fields, concert were made by the CC Pa­ (Sce CRANIOTOMY, Page 8) 19S3.-Photo by Tom Joy. (SEE TRANSMITTER, Pogo 6) tient Activities Section. Page 2 July 13, 1966 THE NIH RECORD ~ II I IR ecord Published bi-weekly at Bethesda, l\ld., by the Public Information Section, Office of Research Information, for the information of employees of the National Ins titutes of Health, principal research center of the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and circulated by request to all news media and inter es ted members of the medical- and science-related fields. The NIH Record content is r eprint­ able without permission and its pictures are available on request. NIH Record Office ...... Bldg. 31, Rm. 4813. Phone: 49-fi2125 Editor ...... E . Kenneth Stabler Stoff Correspondents Georgiana Brimijoin, NCI ; Tony Anastasi, DRS; Bowen Hosford, CC; Mary Anne Gates, NIAMD; Marie Norris, NIDR; Ed Long, NIMH; Frances Dearman, NINDB; Martha Mader, NIAID; Faye Peterson, DBS; Wanda Warddell, NIGMS; Beverly Warran, DRFR; Dick Tlll·lington, DRG; Gary Goldsmith, NHI; Frances Mills, OAM; Dan Rogers, NICHD. On the occasion of presentation of the Meritorious Service Medal to Dr. Stua rt The NIH Record reserves t he right to make corrections, changes or M. Sessoms, Deputy Director of NIH , in Dr. Shannon's office, othe rs assembled deletions in submitted copy in conformity with t he policy of the paper for the ceremony were: seated to the right of Dr. Sessoms, Dr. Jo mes A. and t he Department of Health, Education, a nd Welfare. Sha nn on, Director of NIH. Standing, L to R: Dr. Robe rt P. Gra nt, Director, N HI; Dr. Robe rt Q. Marston, Chief, DRMP; Dr. Frederick L. Stone, Director, EHS Will Present Film N IGMS; Dr. Richard L. Moslond, Director, NIN DB, ond Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott, Director of NCI.- Photo by Jerry Hecht. NEWS from On Suicide Next Week "Point of Return," a film con­ DR. SESSOMS Former Newspaperman, cerning suicide, will be the July (Co11ti'nurd j t'QW raue J) PERSONNEL Robert A. White, Joins SOCIAL SECURITY INSURANCE health education movie presenta­ out the nation to obtain their ad­ tion of the NIH Employee Health A booklet entitled "Your Medi­ vice and viewpoints, maintained NIGMS Information Service. continual liaison with the PHS and care Handbook" was recently mail­ Introducing the film, Dr. Karl Robert A. White, formerly a ed to all persons age 65 and over Office of the Secretary on develop­ member of the Information Staff of Menninger points out that suicide ments during the legislative proc­ who are covered under the Medi­ can be reduced only through under­ the Agency for International De­ care H ealth Insurance Program. ess, and represented NIH during velopment, recently joined the In­ standing of the problem and ap­ the discussions and deliberations This handbook explains what preciation of its seriousness. formation Staff of the National benefits are available under both within the Executive Branch. The story r ecounts chronologi­ Institute of General Medical Sci­ parts of the medicare program. cally the events of a day culminat­ Dr. Sessoms performed signifi­ ences. The hospital insm:ance helps with ing with a suicide attempt. By cant service for the administration He is a former newspaperman the cost of hospitalization and re­ flashing back to selected sequences by explaining its positions and with broad experience as a writer, lated care, and the medical insur­ of the story, the film panel com­ maintaining liaison with interested reporter and ' copy editor. Before ance helps with doctors' bills and non-Federal groups. joining AID as assistant editor of other health expenses. ments on t he important incidents of suicide, its effects on the sur­ After the legislation was ap­ its internal publication - Front Office Is Helpful vivors and the need for preventive proved, Dr. Sessoms provided lead­ Lines-he worked on the sports Although the handbook goes in­ programs. ership and direction of the admin­ copy desk of the Chicago Daily to detail in its explanation of bene­ The film will be shown at the istrative implementation of the law. News and was a sports writer for fits and claims under the program, Clinical Center a u d i to r i u m , Positions listed the Rochester (N.Y.) Times-Union and the Dayton (Ohio} Daily News. local Social Security offices can Wednesday, July 20, at 11:30 a.m. Dr. Sessoms was Assistant Di­ give more specific information or and 1 p.m.; at NBOC No. 2 in rector of the NIH Clinical Center Ex perie nce Cited assist in the completion of claims Conference Room 113, Thursday, from 1955 to 1957, and Assistant for medical insurance benefits. July 21, 1 :30 and 2:30 p.m., and at He earlier was a gene1·al as­ Director of the National Cancer In­ signment reporter for the Green Copies of the handbook or other Westwood Bldg. in Conference stitute prior to his appointment as Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette and the booklets on the medical insurance Room A, Friday, July 22, 1:30 and Chief of the Cancer Chemotherapy Michigan City (Ind.) News-Dis­ program or Social Security bene­ 2:30 p.m. fits are also available through local National Service Center in 1958. patch. He began his caTeer as news Social Security offices. From 1958 to 1962 he continued director of Radio Station WFJS, Irma E. Strunk Receives to be responsible for the cancer Freeport, Ill., and later was a radio EMPLOYEE MANAG EMENT NOTES 2nd Performance Award chemotherapy program. During newsman at Station WJ PG, Green The Shops Section, Plant Engi­ that period Dr. Sessoms was named Bay, Wis. neering Branch, Division of Re­ Irma E. Strunk of t he Division of Research Facilities and Re­ Associate Director of the Cancer Mr. White received his Bachelor s09.rch Services, has been approved Institute in 1960, and in 1961 Asso­ of Journalism from Missouri in '51. as an appropriate unit for pur­ sources was recently presented with a certificate in recognition of ciate Director for Collaborative Re­ poses of recognition under EO search with responsibility for Sustained High Quality Perform­ training at the Memorial Center 10988. NCl's new Virology Research Re­ A request from the Washington ance by Dr. Thomas .J. Kennedy Jr., for Cancer and Allied Diseases in sources Branch. New York before joining the staff Area Metal Trades Council for ex­ Chief of the Division. clusive recognition for the non-su­ Mrs. Strunk is the Travel Assist­ Named Deputy Director of NIH of NCI in 1953. pervisory employees of the Shops ant in DRFR's Administrative Of­ on Aug. 1, 1962, Dr. Sessoms holds Dr. Sessoms is a Diplomate of Section is now under consideration fice. She has been with the Division the rank of Assistant Surgeon Gen­ the American Board of Internal by the NIH Management. almost since it started in July 1962. eral of the PHS. Medicine, a Fellow of the New The Washington Area Metal This is the second award Mrs. Dr. Sessoms received his B.S. de­ York Academy of Sciences, and a Trades Council has also requested Strunk has received in the course gree at the University of North member of the Association of Mili­ exclusive recognition for a unit in of her 10-year career in civil serv­ Carolina in 1943, and his M.D. de­ tary Surgeons and the American the Clinical Center laundry. The ice, all at NIH. She received a Su­ gree at the Medical College of Vir­ Hospital Association. request for unit determination of perior Performance award in 1960 ginia in 1946. He did graduate In 1957 he received the Distin­ the laundry is now pending ,,;th while serving with the Division of work at the Johns Hopkins School guished Service Award of the U.S. thP. Secretary, DREW. Biologics Standards. of Medicine and received additional Junior Chamber of Commerce. THE NIH RECORD J uly 13, 1966 Page 3 Dr. Charles McPherson Dr. Paul Dudley White Honored by Gilt Dr. Condliffe to Head Joins the DRFR Staff Of His Portrait to NLM's Collection OIR's European Office Dr. Charles W. McPherson was The appointment of Dr. Peter G. recently named Chief of the Lab­ Condliffe as Chief of the European oratory Animal Medicine and Vi­ Office of the NIH Office of Interna­ varium Sciences Section of t he Di­ tional Research in Paris was an­ vision of Research Facilities and nounced recently. Resources by Dr. He succeeds Dr. Thomas J. Kennedy Robert P . Grant Jr., Chief of the who was appointed Division. Director of the Na­ As chief of t his tional Heart Insti­ section, Dr. Mc­ tute. Pherson will be re­ Dr. Condliffe will sponsible for the assuma his new po­ development of fa­ sition on J uly 15. c i I i t i e s and re­ As Chief of the sources for labora­ European office he Dr. McPherson tory animals at in- will promote t he Dr. Condliffe stitutions that conduct medical Present at the unveiling of the portrait of Dr. Paul Dudley White, re nowned interests of NIH in Europe, adv:ise research. cardiologist, we re (I to r), Dr. Robert P. Grant, Director, NHI; Dr. Martin M. on t he status of research activities He will administer research Cummings, Director of NLM; Dr. White, and Dr. William H. Stewart, Surgeon in Europe, work closely with NIH grants to develop animal resources General of the PHS.- Photo by Je rry Hecht. Institutes and Divisions in seeking and gi·ants that are related to re­ out new research and research search in laboratory animal medi­ Renowned cardiologist D1·. Paul Dudley White was honored at the training opportunities and assist in cine. National L ibrary of Medicine on June 24, when a portrait of him was developing closer communications In addition, he will stimulate unveiled. The painting, destined to become part of NLM's history of between the American and E uro­ medicine collection, was donated to research and training p rograms for pean biomedical research communi­ professional personnel in schools t.J:e government by the noted por­ and 9 books, many of them classics ties. ttait artist Alfred J onniaux. that have influenced cardiovascular of medicine and veterinary medi­ For the past 12 years nr. Cond­ cine, departments of animal sci­ Surg. Gen. William H. Stewart, resoarch, diagnosis and treatment who accepted the painting in be­ th rough out the world. liffe has been working in the Endo­ ences, veterinary research institutes crinology Section of t he National and medical researcjl programs. lmlf of the Public Health Service, praised Dr. White as "a trailblaz­ His honors include more t han 21 Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Advises on Standards ing physician whose career has awards and decorations and nearly Diseases. His studies include work a dozen honorary degrees from Also, as special advisor on stan­ spanned and stimluated the rise of on the chemistry of pituitary hor­ universities as far-flu.ng as Athens dards for the care of laboratory cardiology from what one of his mones, isolation and chemistry of University, the University of Bra­ animals and on standards for the early advisors called 'an impossibly thyroid stimulating hormones 4nd, narrow field from which his voice zil and Charles University, Prague, most recently, research on physical construction of laboratory animal Czechoslovakia. facilities, he will serve as scientific would never be heard' to its pres­ properties of bovine growth hor­ consultant to the Division's Health ent lofty status in medicine." For many years Dr. White has mones. Research Facilities Branch. Po inting We lcome d helped plan, establish and lend di­ Recent Expe rience Noted Dr. McPherson comes to the Di­ rection to Federal programs of re­ Dr. Martin M. Cummings, Di­ vision from the Laboratory Aids search and t1,aining in the cardio­ I n the spring of 1965 he was a rector of the Library, welcomed vascular field. Guest Worker at the Museum of Branch in NIH's Division of Re­ the painting. He said, "The his­ search Services where he worker! Natural History in Paris. He also torian today is interested in and I n his talk, Dr. White acknowl­ studied in Europe in 1959-1960 as a for 10 years. For the past two edged his original reluctance to needs a good deal more than the Fellow of the National Foundation years he has been head of the pt·inted record. Portraits give a come to Washington but said he Pathogen Free Unit, Acting Head finally agreed to do so. "When I at the Carlsberg Laboratory, Co­ more personal and intimate insight penhagen, Denmark. of the Germfree Animal Produc­ into the lives of scientists. They came here and appreciated what tion Unit and Assistant to the 'humanize' our attitude toward devoted and oopable planners these Since 1960 Dr. Condliffe has been Chief of the Branch. noted persons." people were, I joined t hem and i-e­ Instructor in the Biochemistry of Protein Hormones at the F ounda­ A native of Rugby, North Da­ The painting will be 011 display mained an active member of the kota, Dr. McPherson received his in the Library's main lobby dur­ Council for the next 10 years." tion for Advanced Education in the Sciences. He was also Instructor, Bachelor of Science degree from ing the month of J uly from 8 :30 Travels in Europe the University of Minnesota in to 5 p.m. from 1956 to 1959, at the Depart­ 1954 and his Doctor of Veterinary Dr. Paul Dudley White has been In his most recent joumey ment of Agriculture Graduate Medicine degree in 1956. He earned active in research, teaching, clini­ through Europe, Dr. White par­ School. his Master of Public Health degree cal medicine and public sei·vice for ticipated in the inauguration of the Dr . Condliffe received his Ph.D. national heart foundations of Ire­ from the University of California over 55 years. His scientific wi-it­ from the University of California in 1964. ings include more than 700 papers land, Czechoslovakia, Spain and in 1952, and from 1952-1954 was a Greece. In Italy, he visited the an­ Research Associate, Department of nual meeting of the I talian Society Biochemistry, at Cornell Univer­ ·Handy Guide Summarizes Financial Aid Available of Cardiology and attended a birth­ sity. day party given in honor of his Information on 75 Federal assist­ hospitals, nursing homes, medical eightieth birthday. A member of Sigma Xi, Ameri­ can Society of Biological Chemists, ance programs to improve medical schools, and other public and pri­ After reading from a poem wTit­ the Endocrine Society and Ameri­ care is contained in a booklet re­ vate agencies to strengthen medi­ ien by Oliver Wendell Holmes in leased recently by the U.S. Depart­ cal care services. 1859 on the occasion of Holmes' can Association for the Advance­ ment of Health, Education, and For each program, it outlines 50th birthday Dr. White acknowl­ ment of Sciences, he has published Welfare. the purpose, the funding in fiscal edged that "I'm more than 50 but 39 papers. The 100-page publication, To Im­ years 1965 and 1966, who may re­ I'm not through yet." prove Medical Care .. . A Guide ceive the aid, and where further to Federal Financial Aid for the information may be obtained. Sum­ As medical praotice becomes Development of Medical Care Serv­ mary information is also given on t he Office of Public Information, more complex, specialization be­ ices, Facilities, Personnel, is in the medicare programs and the DREW. It is a lso on sale by the comes more common. The number pocket-book format and is intended new expanded Medical Assistance Superintendent of Documents, U.S. of general practitioners is declin­ as a handy guide to Federal grants Program (Title XIX). Government Printing 0fl_ice, Wash­ ing--66,000 today compared t.o and other financial aid now avail­ Single copies of To Improve Med­ ington, D.C. 20402, for 40 cents !l5,000 15 years ago.-President able to help States, communities, ical Care ... may be obtained from per copy. Johnson. Page 4 July 13, 1966 THE NIH RECORD Arthur Catlin Retires; Foundation for Advanced Education in the Orientation Program for Commissioned Officers At NIH Since 1952 Sciences Expanding, Plans New Building Scheduled Here Today Arthur D. Catlin, Read of the The campaign of the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sci­ An orientation for Commissioned Space Management Section, Office ences for funds to build an educational and faculty center has received Officers reporting to the National Services Branch, OD, retired re­ a contribution of $10,000 from Albert S. Keston, Ph.D., Research Direc­ Institutes of Health will be held tor and Head of the Biochemistry cently after nearly 14 years at NIH. today at 1 p.m. in the first floor Institute for Medical Research and auditorium of the Clinical Center. As head of that section, he de­ Studies, New York City. termined and made recommenda­ Dr. Jack Masur, Assistant Sur­ Announcement of Dr. Keston's geon General and Director of the tions for space assignments in gift was made by Dr. Daniel Stein­ CC, will preside. buildings on and off the reserva­ berg, foundation president and Chief of the Laboratory of Metab­ The orientation will start with a tion, maintained t hese records, and olism, National Heart Institute, talk on "The Mission of the Public was responsible for the acquisition who accfopted it from him during Health Service" by Dr. William H-. of space in rental buildings off t he a campaign kick-off luncheon at the Stewart , Surgeon General. reservation and in all buildings on National Naval Medical Center Dr. Mider to Speak the reservation. Officers' Club June 17. Dr. G. Burroughs Mider, NIH Joins NIH in 1952 Noted Chemist Director of Laboratories and Mr. Catlin came to NIH Sept. 3, Dr. Keston, a noted biological Clinics, will speak to the Commis­ 1952. His first job was in the Sup­ chemist, developed the isotope sioned Officers on "Intramural Pro­ ply Unit of the Supply Manage­ method of analysis which is now grams at the National Institutes of ment Branch. He Iatel· became su­ widely used in the analysis of am­ Health." pervisor of t he Central and Beth­ ino acids, proteins, steroid hor­ Albert S. Keston, Ph.D. (center), pre• Dr. Murray A. Diamond, Assist­ esda store areas, and in March of mones and protein end groups. sents o check for $ 10,000 to Dr. ant Surgeon General for Personnel, Doniel Steinberg (left), Preside nt of 1956 transferred to the OSB, where Both a general and specific meth­ will address the group on "The he became Head of the Space Man­ the Foundation for Advanced Edu­ Public Health Service-What It od, it is also one of the most sensi­ cation in the Sciences, for the Foun­ agement Section in 1958. tive ever employed for analysis of Means to Be a Commissioned Offi­ Shortly before retirement Mr. dation's Educational and Faculty Cen • cer. biological materials. ter Building Fund Drive. Looking on Catlin i·eceived a cash award for Dr. Keston became interested in At 2:30, Dr. Roger L. Black, As­ Sustained Superior Work Perform­ is Dr. Sidney Udenfriend who obtained the foundation's purpose and pro­ his Ph.D. under Dr. Keston ot New sociate Director, Clinical Center, ance. grams in 1959 when, as a visiting York University, with whom Dr. Kes• will conduct a special meeting for Award Quoted scientist at NIH, he did collabora­ ton later did collaborative reseorch Clinical Associates in the fu-st floor He was cited for his "resource­ tive research with Dr. Sidney while o visiting scientist at NIH.­ auditorium. fulness and ability to accomplish Udenfriend in NHl's Laboratory Photo by Jerry Hecht. Concurrently, a simiJa,r meeting his regular assignments in addition of Clinical Biochemistry. for Research and Staff Associates to workloads created by acquisition According to Dr. Steinberg, Dr. As envisioned by Dr. Steinberg will be held in the CC's 14th floor of new space ... on a 'crash' basis." Keston's gift and an earlier one of and the other officers and directors auditorium. Christian B. Anfinsen, $10,000 from Walter H . Freygang of the fom1dation, such a facility Ph.D., Director, Research Associate The citation continued, "His will fulfill a need for additional war m personality and easy manner are the largest contributions re­ Program, will preside. ceived to date. classroom space and will permit have been prime factors in main­ and foster daily exchange of ideas taining good rapport with many Purpose Outlined among the professional staff of the Research on Emphysema organizations within NIH, PHS, Mr. Freygang i-s the father of NIH and between them and the Intensified by Grants of HEW, with other Gove1·nment Dr. Walter H. Freygang Jr., Chief constant flow of distinguished vis­ agencies and with owners of of the Section on Membrane Phys­ itors. $845,000 From NIAID rental space." iology, Laboratory of Neurophysi­ Noting that the realization of An $845,000 effort to step up the ology, National Institute of Mental lhese goals depends upon the active research attack on lung-crippling Health. participation of the total scientific emphysema bas been launched by The fc,undation is an educational commun;ty at NIH and in the Met­ the National Institute of Allergy non-profit organization incorpor­ ropolitan Washington area, Dr. and I nfectious Diseases. ated in the State of Maryland Aug. Steinberg said the foundation will Research support for scientists 25, 1959, by a group of NIH scien­ s0c,n send out letters inviting a at 10 major medical centers, total­ tists"to foster and encourage scien­ large number of scientists to be­ ing $676,669 for the coming year, tific research and educational activ­ come members. has been granted by the Institute ities that will facilitate communica­ Membership Categories to enlarge the scope of its program tion among scientists by whatever to pinpoint the causes of emphy­ means may be practicable." The members will annually elect two directors to t!he board of the sema and prevent its damaging According to Dr. Steinberg the foundation, each to serve a 3-year effects. foundation plans to build the cen­ term. In this way members will In addition to the direct grants, ter on approximately 4 acres of have a voice in foundation policy. the Institute will pay an estimated land it owns across from NIH on $169,000 this year in indirect costs, Cedar Lane. In three categories of member­ ship, the annual dues are basic, sharing with the 10 institutions the Architects' Plan $10; supporting, $2.5, and sustain­ laboratory overhead not covered by Architectural plans which have ing, $100. Contributions are tax the grants. ah-eady been drawn up include 9 deductible. More than 15,000 Americans will Dr. David P. Rall (right), Chief, Lab­ lecture or conference rooms that The most important of the foun­ die of emphysema this year. The oratory of Chemical Pharmacology, can be used either for formal dation activities is the NIH Grad­ number of deaths reported from the and Dr. Eugene J. Von Scott, Scien­ uate Program. In addition it oper­ lung disorder has risen more than classes or for small conferences tific Director for General Laboratories ates a book store, a program of sevenfold in the last decade, an in­ and Clinics, bath of NCI, receive PHS and seminars. These will be equip­ cultural events at NIH open to the crease a ttributed only in part to Meritorious Service Medals. Dr. Rall ped with modern audio-visual aids. public, a health insurance plan for improved diagnosis. was cited for s ignif icant contributions In addition the center will house guest workers and administers ex­ The chronic, often progressive to clinical pharmocalogy research ond a book store, foundation offices, a ternal grants supporting workers disease disables 1 out of 14 Ameri­ for his a bility in training investigators; small auditor ium, a faculty center at NIH. can workers over 45 years of age. Dr. Van Scott for his accomplishments Starting in 1967 the foundation Social Security disability benefits in skin disease studies ond his oid in with a large dining hall, several will also conduct a Ph.D. training for victims of emphysema are ex­ developing cancer research programs. small dining rooms and lounges, a program in cooperation with Johns ceeded only by those for heart dis­ -Photo by Ed Hubbard. library and study. H opkins University and N IH. ease. THE NIH RECORD July 13, 1966 Page 5 Dr. Frank J. McClure, 103 NIH Employees Are Now Listed in Brooklyn College Honors Authority on Fluorides, The National File of Rare Blood Donors Voiles for Health Aid Dr. Stanley F. Yolles, Director To Retire on July 15 of the National Institute of Mental Dr. Frank J. McClure, scientist, Health, received an Award of musician, artist and philanthropist, Honor from Brooklyn College, New will retire July 15 from his position York, June 15, for his distinguished as Chief of the Laboratory of Bio­ c o n t r i bution s to chemistry, National Institute of psychiatry and t he Dental Research. national rn e n t a 1 He intends to health program. write a history of Re c i p i e nts of water fluoridation honors from the as a preventive of college are chosen dental caries. The from recommenda­ book "will not be a tions made by fac­ review of the liter­ u lty and alumni. ature but the story Dr. Yolles' award of a dramatic was made on the Dr. Yolles event," he says. recommendation of both the De­ Dr. McClure Dr. McClure was partment of Student Services and one of the pioneers in studying the the Depar tment of Biology. effects of fluorides. His research on The award included a medal the metabolic fate of fluorides in st ruck in his honor and a citation the body provided significant evi­ Dr. Scott E. Dietert, 1 in 100,000, re laxes while donating for o n Australian patient. Nurse Annie Hopkins atte nds him.-Phata by Tom Joy. "In recognition of your outstand­ dence of the safety of fluoridation ing leadership and achievements in of water supplies as a public A group of N IH employees who are akin to each other in one re­ the field of psychiatry and particu­ health measure. spect-they have inherited combinations of blood group factors that larly because of your important These studies included human set them apart-is now listed in a national file of rare b lood donors in and progressive contributions to an metabolism of fluoride, the re­ Milwaukee. They have volunteered effective national mental health sponse of large population groups to help others when their special program ... " to fluoride waters and animal ex­ New NLM Exhibit to Be types of blood are needed. A native New Yorker, Dr. Yolles perimentation. On Display Through Oct. Each of the 103 NIH rare donors was a 1939 graduate of Brooklyn A widely known and respected The National Library of Medi­ has blood characteristics that are College. He launched his medical international authority on fluoride, cine has opened a new exhibit in found not oftener than once among career as a parasitologist in tropi­ Dr. McClure has more recently con­ its lobby, "Medical Symbolism in 500 persons. But they are rare1· cal medicine with the U.S. Army ducted research on the effects of Books of the Renaissance and Ba­ than that since they are among the Corps of Engineers in British diet on dental caries, particularly roque,'' to be on display through relatively few possessors of such Guiana and the British West Indies. the relations of protein and phos­ October. blood who have been identified and His interest in the preventive and phates. Assembled by the Library's His­ completely phenotyped. They were epidemiological aspects of medicine Plans Give n tory of Medicine Division, the ex­ first discovered when they gave led him to psychij\try, which he hibit features selected symbols ap­ blood at the Clinical Center Blood calls "the field presenting t he Dr. McClure intends to spend Bank for patients. summer days at his home in State pearing in medical books and prints greatest challenge in preventive College, Pa., and winters at his in the NLM collection, and de­ File Is Active medicine." Washington apartment. He will scribes some of the ways in which The national rare donor file is these symbols have been inter­ continue to serve as consultant to sponsored by the American Asso­ DR. PRATT the Director of NIDR. He will preted. cation of Blood Banks. a lso continue efforts in graphic art, Items of special interest include (Co11t-inued Iron, Page 1) a volume by Aetius of Amida and Already the national listing has with linoleum and wood blocks. led to one call for blood from Cornell Medical School where he a manuscript license to practice had been a Research Associate. Because of his interest in art, Dr. medicine and surgery issued in among the N IH donors. A patient McClure commissioned the well Florence in 1589. in Australia suffered from gastro­ While engaged in physiological known sculptor, Don Turano, to intestinal bleeding, and a world­ research with the National Cancer design the bronze plaque which is wide call went out for donors to Institute, he developed an increas­ given annually by the International ings, industrial scientists will co­ match his rare type of blood. ing interest in the biomedical ap­ Association for Dental Research, as operate with the university. Dr. Scott E. Dietert, then of NCI part of the H. Trendley Dean Recently returning to studies of and now an assistant professor of plications of computers in selected Awa•rd, to a person honored for phosphates, Dr. McClu1·e's investi­ anatomy at the University of New areas of physiology, biochemistry achievement in epidemiology and gations with experimental animals Mexico, gave blood which was and clinical investigation, and con­ dental caries, or other research re­ indicate that soluble sodium p hos­ flown to Australia. Dr. Dietert's tributed significantly to the ad­ lated to oral diseases. phates react locally in the mouth to blood is so rare t hat it is found in vancement of computer technology inhibit caries for mation. Dr. McClure has endowed the only 1 among 100,000 persons. in this field. Award in memory of Dr. Dean who He is hopeful that r esearch will He most recently headed the En­ was the leader in early fluoridation show that this effect can be dupli­ ergy Metabolism Section, Labora­ studies. cated in human caries and that a Dr. Teegarden Joins the tory of Physiology, NCI. way wiJJ be found to use an effec­ While retaining a life interest in Grants Associates Here Born in Binghamton, N.Y., in tive phosphate in cereals, sugar or 1920, Dr. P ratt is an alumnus of the family farm near West Lafay­ other foodstuffs. Dr. James Carr Teegarden, Asso­ ette, Ind., where his grandfather ciate Director of the American Hobart Colleg,e and received his Dr. McClure believes that the M.D. degree from the University staked out the original homestead, Hearing Society of Washington, full promise of fluoride has yet to of Rochester School of Medicine Dr. McClure has arranged for 100 D.C., since 1960, has joined the be realized. He cites the need for in 1946. H e is a member of the acres to be developed and con­ Grants Associates program at the an evaluation of the effectiveness American Association for the Ad­ trolled by the Purdue Research National Institutes of Health for a of adding fluorides to table salt as vancement of Science and the F oundation, an affiliate of Purdue year of training as a scientist ad­ University. a dental health benefit for people American Association foi· Cancer throughout the world where fluori­ ministrator. Research and the author of nu­ Known as McClure Park, Inc., 60 dation of water is not feasible. But The program, administered by of these acres have already been merous scientific articles. He is he considers periodontal diseases the Division of Research Grants, foequently invited to discuss the developed as an industrial research the greatest and most frustrating develops professional personnel for application of computers to re­ park. Here in attractive surround- oral health problem. the Public Health Service. search in the life sciences. Page 6 July 13, 1966 THE NIH RECORD TRANSMITTER International Research Seminar Held on Dr. O'Conor Leaving for (Cu--nthnt.ed from Page 1) atomic radiation and atmospheric Community Mental Health Programs 2-Yr. Cancer Research gas. An International Research Seminar on the Evaluation of Community Assignment in France These properties make them po­ Mental H ealth Programs throughout the world was held at Airlie t€ntiallv useful and worth serious House, Warrenton, Virginia, recently. Organized by the National Dr. Gregory T. O'Conor of the investigation as small implantable Institute of Mental Health, the Seminar brought together representa­ Pathologic Anatomy Branch, Na­ biotransducers, translating signals tives of community mental health tional Cancer Institute, will leave from the body into readily record­ programs from 20 countries. for Lyon, France, early this sum­ able electric signals. Dr. Richard H. Williams, Assist­ 147 Give to CC Blood Bank mer to begin a 2-year assignment Perhaps the most important area ant to the Director for Interna­ In June; 11 Join 'Gallon Club' to the International of research will be the design of tional Activities, NIMH, made the Agency for Cancer arrangements for the Seminar, and The Clinical Center Rlood microelectronic systems which can Bank reports that 147 units of Research. He will i.utomatically measure and control substituted for Dr. Stanley F. serve under Dr. Yolles, N IMH Director, who could blood were received from NIH \arious parts of the body, includ­ donors in June. During the J o h n Higginson, ing the heart, bladder and t;he nc1·­ not be present because he was ap­ formerly of the pearing before a Congressional same period CC patients re­ vous system. ceived 1805 units of blood. University of Kan­ Committee. Dr. Williams greeted sas, who has been lt is expected that this program the delegates in English, French Eleven NIH st.a.IT members will yield new and better tools and also joined the "gallon-donor named director of and German. the agency. experimental techniques that will He also spoke to them on the club." They are Dr. Wayne make hitherto unrealizable research major issues to be considered and Counts, NCI; Dr. R. T. Evans, The international Dr. O'Conor possible. NlDR; Forest W. Gray 3d., agency, established remarked that "in spite of your in May 1965, is closely affiliated A major problem involved in geogra phical diversjty, you have NCI; Maurice H. Haugh, NIAMD; J. Loring J enkins, with but not a part of the World heart disease research is in com­ been confronted by similar prob­ Health Organization. paring data obtained from ambula­ lems in developing treatment meth­ DRS; Margaret C. Lusk, NIMH; Charles W. Mock, The agency was created to pro­ tory patients and experimental ani­ ods and research studies for com­ mote international collaboration, mals with data obtained under munity mental health programs." NCI; Richard Parker, DRG; David A. Rector, DRS; Arnold and its voluntary membership is more artificial conditions. Dr. Tsung-Yi Lin of the World open to any nation wishing to co­ The design of telemetry systems Health Organization spoke on "De­ Sperling, CC, and J ack Volpe, DRS. operate in the stimulation and sup­ velopments in Commm1ity Mental port of all phases of research re­ Health Programs: A World View." lated to t he problem of cancer. Professor G. M. Carstairs, Direc­ Besides the five original spon­ tor of the Medical Research Coun­ groups discussed various programs soring nations-France, Italy, the and the research and evaluative cil Unit for Research on the Epi­ Federal Republic of Germany, the demiology of Psychiatric Illness, issues raised, methodological prob­ lems of evaluation, and ways of United Kingdom of Great Britain Edinburgh, Scotland, discussed and Northern Ireland, and the "Problems of Evaluative Re- continuing international coopera­ United States--membership in the search." tion in mental health. agency now includes Australia, the Membe rs in 5 Groups One of the most immediate re­ Soviet Union and Israel. sults of the Semina1· was a second Members were divided into five Conference held May 23-25 at West Activities Wide-Range discussion groups on the basis of geography a·nd professional back­ Point, New York. Six of the guests Financed by annual contributions at the Seminar, from Great B1;t­ by its members, the agency's activ­ ground. Psychiatrists, social scien­ ain and Holland, met with 40 di­ ities cover a' broad range. tists, social workers and nurses rectors of mental health programs Its initial projects will focus on from the United States, Great in New York State to discuss prob­ Britain, Canada, Western Europe, epidemiological research and train­ lems of rehabilitation, hospital­ Eastern Europe, Latin America, ing, with particular emphasis on community relations, and program Burkitt's lymphoma and primary . and the Far East participated in evaluation. Dr. Wen H. Ko is controlling the e lec­ almost every group. cancer of the liver. trical activity of the muscles of an Discussions centered on the Doubts Dispelled Both of these types of cancer implanted rat a nd rabbit, using o tiny ra.nge of alternative services to be Discussions at both conferences are major health problems in some FM transmitter and recording device provided by community mental did much to dispel some of the parts of Africa and have long been seen in the background . .. health centers, the boundaiies of doubts about community-based of especial interest to Dr. O'Conor. treatment capabilities and facili­ mental health programs, according He is hopeful that internationally will give better long-range knowl­ ties, the real nature of mental pro­ to Dr. Williams. Delegates thought coordinated experiments a nd stud­ edge of the activity of the heart in grams, t he integration of various the term "area mental health pro­ ies of these two diseases may lead both experimental animals and hu­ mental health services, and the re­ grams," which would include men­ to definition of the environmental mans who are free to move about. lation of the roles of various men­ tal hospitals as an integral part, factors involved in their unusual These systems will be capable of tal health professionals to each better expressed their intentions patterns of incidence and distribu­ monitormg many physiological sig­ other. The specific problems of al­ than "community programs." tion. nals continuously and simultane­ cohol and drug abuse also were The problem of the boundaries Dr. O'Conor received the M.D. ously, 24 hours a day. considered. of mental health service was wide­ degree from Cornell University in A further objective of the pro­ At the final session, three panel ly discussed. Differences of opin­ 1948. After serving residencies in gram is to develop new techniques ion we1,e expressed on the extent obstetrics and gynecology, and in for investigating single living cells ing; David Fleming, Professor of to which mental health programs pathology, he spent 8 years as pa­ and parts of the cell that are too Bioengineering and member of the should become involved with a wide thologist at St. Francis Hospital in small for present techniques. Systems Research Center, and Rob­ variety of social problems. Hartford, Conn. Dr. Ko says, "As lmowledge of ert Plonsey, Professor of Electri­ Participants arrived at the con­ Before joining NCI in 1960, Dr. the electrochemical processes gov­ cal Engineering and member of the census that mental health pro­ O'Conor served for 2 years as Lec­ erning the function and growth of Systems Research Center, and 14 grams and professionals cannot turer in Pathology at Makerere single cells increases, and as the consultants including professors in solve all the ills of society, but that College Medical School, Kampala, abilitv to control the electrochemi­ engineering and medical sciences they must have an understanding Uganda. cal e~vironment of the single cell at Case and Western Reserve Uni­ of social problems in order to de­ becomes possible through micro­ versity School of Medicine. velop and carry out their own pro­ electronics, undr-eamed-of applica­ Work of the laboratory is con­ grams more effectively, Dr. Wil­ tive. tions arc expected to result." ducted in conjunction with High­ liams said. Proceedings of the conference, Joining Dr. Ko in this researc'h land View Hospital, Veteran's Hos­ The delegates also agreed that including papers submitted by each program are Drs. Alan B. Kuper, pital and Western Reserve Univer­ mental health programs must be of the participants, will be edited Associate Professor of Engineer- sity School of Medicine. multi-disciplinary to be most eff'ec- and published in the near future. THE NIH RECORD July 13, 1966 Page 7 New Compactor at CC Dr. Hertz Appointed to Simplifies the Disposal GW Medical Faculty; Of Radioactive Waste Was With NCI, NICHD Each month about a ton of paper, Dr. Roy Hertz was recently ap­ gloves, boxes and g lass-seemingly pointed Professor of Obstetrics and harmless but with enough radio­ Gynecology at the George Wash­ activity to set Geiger counters ington University School of Medi­ chattering-moves from NIH. cine. Dr. Hertz joins the GWU fac­ During the past three months ulty after serving t he Clinical Center's Radiation as Chief of the En­ Safety Department staff has ex­ docrinology Branch perimented with a compactor that of the National crams more waste into drums in Cancer Institute, a shorter time than previously and and most recently with added safeguards. as Scientific Direc­ This solid waste, plus liquid tor of the National waste that goes into a 10,000-gal­ Institute of Child lon container in the yard of Build­ Health and Human ing 21, is a by-product of nuclear Members of the Sciences Council of Japan visit NIH recently during their Development. medicine. U.S. tour, at the invitation of the Nationa l Academy of Sciences. From left: In his new post, Dr. He rtz NIH use of radioactive nuclides Dr. Harold Stewort, Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, and Chief, Pathologic Dr. Hertz will conduct both clinical Anatomy Branch, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Kozushige Hig uchi, Chair­ and experimental research on pl"Ob · man, Seventh Division (Medical) Scie nces Council of Japan and President of !ems of sterility, fertility control, Jike i Medical College; Or. Eisei Ishikawa, Professor of Pathology, Jikei Me dical menstrual disorders, adolescence, College; Herbert Go rdner, Assistant to the Chairman, Division of Medical the menopause, and on complica­ Sciences, Notional Academy of Scie nces, a nd Thomas C. Leffingwell, Adminis­ tions m·ising during pregnancy. trative Office r, Office of International Research.-Photo by Tom Joy. These investigations will be carried out in the new Eugene Meyer Pa­ vilion of the George Washington NCI Film Depicts How Intensive 4-Day Course University Hospital. In Bio-Medical Telemetry In addition to his work at GWU, New Medical Technique Dr. Hertz will continue to serve Offered by ·Smithsonian as a consultant to NCI in order to Aids Leukemia Patients A short intensive course in Bio­ develop the lnstitute's national pro­ A motion picture demonstrating Medical Telemetry will be offered gram for the detection and treat­ a medical technique that is sub­ by the Smithsonian I nstitution at ment of choriocarcinoma. stantially reducing leukemia deaths the Museum of Natural H istory, Achievements Cited August 10-13. James H. Austin (right) instructs Phys­ due to hemorrhage has been re­ Dr. Hertz is widely known for ical Science Technician Clearon Wil­ leased by the Acute Leukemia Task This 4-day program, conducted his research in the field of human son in loading a radioactive waste Force of the NCI. by Dr. R Stuart Mackay, is de­ reproduction, particularly in rela­ compactor. In ope rating the ma­ Titled "Technique of Platelet signed to provide a comprehensive tion to certain complications of chine, te chnicians weor face shields Transfusion Therapy," the film was introduction to the field for those pregnancy. Most notable was his engaged in research in the biologi­ and dust filters.-Photo by Ralph Fer • prepared as orientation material development of the first chemical nande z. for blood bank personnel by t he ca: and health sciences. cure of tumors which arise in preg­ Prerequisite for taking the Bio­ is increasing at the rate of about Task Force at the NIH. nancy from what would normally Medical Telemetry Course is a become the after-birth or placenta. 15 percent a year. In the fiscal The motion picture shows the B.Sc. degree. year more than 55 curies were re­ method of obtaining blood platelets This type of tumor ( choriocarci­ ceived in 3,000 shipments. by plasmapheresis, a procedure in 'l'uition is $125, and enrollment noma) was previously fatal in al­ Radiation Safety Officer Joseph which platelets and plasma are re­ is required by August 1. most all cases. Although all women M. Brov.'Il notes that every thou­ moved from an ordinary blood do­ F urther infonnation may be ob­ with this disease were subjected to sandth of a curie must be accounted nation by centrifugation and a tained from I nstitute and Division removal of the uterus in past years, for, to the AEC. simple pressure device. Pel'Sonnel Officers. only a few were relieved of their When members of the Waste The donor's red cells are immedi­ disease by this operation. Processing Section, headed by ately returned to him, so that a PHS Defense Courses Due to Dr. Hertz's work, in co­ James H. Austin, collect radio­ normal person can donate platelets To Be Held in Alabama laboration with his colleagues at active waste from laboratories and from 2 units of blood as often as t he NCI, it is now possible to cure other areas, they must record the twice a week without ill effects. Three 1-week classes of the Pub­ 9 out of 10 of these women by millicuries so these can be sub­ The platelets thus obtained, lice Health and Medical C and B drugs alone, if t reatment is begun tracted from those received. when given in adequate amounts, Defense Course have been sched­ early enough. I n this way the fer­ F ormerly, waste disposal techni­ prevent the hemo,rrhages common uled for Oct. 10-14, 1966; Feb. 27- tility of these women is preserved cians at Building 21 rammed waste among acute leukemia patients and March 3 and May 22-26, 1967, at and they can continue to have nor­ into drums with hand implements. are a contributing factor to length­ Fort McClellan, Ala. mal babies. The compactor does so with a steel ening their life expectancy. The course is designed to give disc and a hydraulic force of 2,900 The film also portrays a fam­ selected health and medical person­ Research Described pounds. ily's role in contributing to a leu­ nel a general knowledge in techni­ In addition, Dr. Hertz, in collabo­ A carbon steel enclosure protects kemic child's well being through cal aspects of Chemical and Bio­ ration with Dr. William W. Tullner, the technicians against possible platelet transfusions. logical Defense. It is sponsored by developed the first ora lly active f lying fragments. A filter screens The 16-millimeter color produc­ the Public Health Seorvice and the pregnancy hormone for the t reat­ out radioactive dust. And the tech­ tion, running time 21.75 minutes, U.S. Army Chemical Center and ment of menstrual disorders and nicians wear plastic face shields was made with assistance from t he School at Fort McClellan. related gynecological problems. and charcoal dust filters over nose American Red Cross, the District Requests for enrollment should They also developed the first and mouth, and badges and dosi­ of Columbia General Hospital and be submitted to Assistant for Civil drug capable of inhibiting func­ meters to warn against any possible the NIH Clinical Center. Requests Defense, Plant Safety Branch, tions of the adrenal cortex. Dr. overexposure. to borrow the fi lm without charge Office of Administrative Manage­ The new machine cuts the volume may be addressed to the U. S. Pub­ ment, Office of the Director , Bldg. Tollner is now with the NICHD as of waste fourfold, which leads to a lic Health Ser vice Audio-visual Fa­ 12A, Rm. 1005, at least 6 weeks in Chief of the Reproduction Pro­ saving in transportation and burial. cility, Atlanta, Ga. 30333. advance of the course. gram's Laboratory of Biology. Pa&"e 8 July 13, 1966 THE NIH RECORI> Dr. Arden Howell Jr ..... Philatelist Reviews 7 3 Years Spent in Artificial Heart Program Of NIDR Dies at 56; Collecting at NIH Stamp Club Meeting Lets 15 New Contracts Was Noted Mycologist Emery Bower, retired educator and father of a daughter at NIH, The National Heart Institute re­ reviewed his expe1iences of 73 years of stamp collecting for the benefit cently awarded 15 new contracts Dr. Arden Howell Jr., Scientist of members and guests at the June meeting of the NIH Stamp Club, totalling $3,090,284 to 12 institu­ sponsored by the Recreation and Director in the PHS Commissioned than 1,000 envelopes mailed be­ tions for research aimed at the so­ Officer Corps and internationally Welfare Association of NIH. Mr. Bower began collecting in tween 1851 and 1880. And once he lution of specific problems in arti­ known mycologist a t the National 1882 when he was 9 years old. His bought an 1847 stamp on cover (a ficial heart development, it was an­ Institute of Dental Research, died first acquisition was a basket of copy of the first stamp ever issued nounced recently by the Public of a heart attack June 22 while va­ envelopes and paper brought home by the United States) for $4. Health Service. cationing with his family at Myrtle from the office--mostly revenue "Stamps," he said, "paid for a Seven of these contracts will sup­ Beach, S.C. stamps. trip to Europe on one occasion, port research seeking materials Dr. Howell joined the Dental In­ From 1896 until 1908, "more im­ and on another, provided the down that provide the combination of stitute in 1950 after five years of porta.nt matters" required his at­ payment on a house." physical and chemical properties tention, but when he went to work Officers elected for the coming most desirable for artificial heart ~s physical director of a YMCA in year were: President, Herbert B. construction. New York State, he resumed stamp Nichols, NHI; Secretary, Dr. Paul eollecting. The following year he H. Keyes, NIDR; Treasurer, Dr. Three contracts will support joined the American Philatelic Edward P. Offutt Jr., NIAMD; studies on the effects of extra heat Association and holds the coveted Progr am Chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. on blood, tissues, organs and their low membership and auction num­ Na1·bik Karamian, DRS and NIDR; physiological functions in order t o ber 3664. ,Auction Chairman, W,ebster C. establish what levels of heat gen­ In the course of his years of col­ Leyshon, and Auctioneer, Roy erated by an artificial heart power lecting, many rarities went through Pen-y, DRS. source could be safely tolerated by his hands including an early im­ Regular meetings of the Stamp the body. perforate from Madeira, a per­ Club a rc held on the first Thul"S­ Other Contracts Listed fectly centered 1851 U.S. 3-cent day of eaeh month. Eac!h program Two contracts will be concerned stamp, a block of four 1908 2-cent­ includes a short talk on some pnase with evaluating effects of various ers perf 11, and a n umber of un­ of stamp collecting, opportunities blood pumps on blood pressure and for swapping, purchasing p late usual perforations picked up dur­ flow, on red blood cells and other ing the years when the U.S. Mint blocks at face, and participation in formed elements of blood, on blood a stamp auction. The next meeting was trying to find out which per­ chemistry and on the function of Dr. Howell in his 1oboratory prepores is August 4· at 7:30 p.m. in Bldg. forations worked best. various organs. special culture me dia for nutritional At one time he acquired more 31, Conf. Rm. 6. study of pathogenic fungi. Two contracts will provide for refinement and limited production of field studies with the Division of berculosis group of bacteria, true those assist devices now re4dy for diphtheria, and orthodox fungi. CRANIOTOMY Tuberculosis Control. One of the (Co»timted from Page 1) further evaluation, so that these early investigators of histoplas­ When cultured, these organisms festations, and electrophysiological models can be supplied to research mosis, a disease sometimes mis­ may grow in filaments, but in the data. teams for continued testing. mouth they usually appear singly. taken for tuberculosis, Dr. Howell It is a multidisciplinary effort And a contract was awarded for worked to standardize the antigen The separation and definition of in which neurosurgeon, neurologist, research to determine the feasibil­ such microorganisms as Acti­ used in skin tests to diagnose the psychiatiist, psychologist, physiol­ ity of an implantable fuel cell as a disease. nomyces, LeptotricM.a, Bacterio­ ogist and social worker participate. potential power source for the arti­ For the past 16 years Dr. Howell nema and Odont