Excerpt from Highlights in the Scientific History and Organization of the National Institutes of Health, 1945-1970First, a chronology of principal legislative and organizational actions affecting nih.Second, a summary of ways in which the National Institutes of Health has broadened the national base of biomedical research, education and communication.Finally, there is a list of specific scientific advances and discoveries resulting from research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health. Because it obviously is not possible to assign a specific date for progress that was attained over a long period or as a result of contributions from many sources.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.