Excerpt from National Institutes of Health, 1971 Annual Report: July 1, 1970 June 31, 1971The National Institutes of Health, a component of the Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, is the principal agency of the Federal government responsible for biomedical research, communication of biomedical knowledge, and education for the health professions.To permit full dissemination of information on its responsibilities and accomplishments this Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1971 is published. Appropriate tables showing appropriations, grants and other extramural awards, and personnel levels have been included.It is hoped this publication will serve as a ready reference volume for those concerned with nih activities.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.