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FOR those who desire to obtain some conception of the progress of medical research in Great Britain, no better means can be suggested than a perusal of the latest annual report of the Medical Research Council. Subjects to which the Council wishes to direct special attention are reviewed in the introduction; the remainder of the report falls naturally into several sections describing work carried out for different Government Departments, at the National Institute for Medical Research (including the Department of Biological Standards), by members of the Council's external scientific staff, and in clinical research units and in hospitals and other institutions by investigators aided by grants. The Council also awards research fellowships in tropical medicine, Rockefeller medical fellowships and Dorothy Temple Cross research fellowships in tuberculosis. During the year, Prof. A. J. Clark and Sir John Ledingham retired from the Council and Prof. C. R. Harington and Prof. W. W. C. Topley were appointed to succeed them.
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Medical Research in Great Britain. Nature 143, 840–842 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143840a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143840a0