Research in the United States Public Health Service hospitals
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| Description | The work and patient population of the USPHS hospitals is outlined. Dr. John J. Walsh, director of research at the Seamen's Memorial Laboratory in New Orleans gives a report of the research activities carried out at the Laboratory. These include research in parasitic infections, in regional perfusion in the treatment of malignancies, in the dilated heart, in endoplasmic cellular membranes, in drug action at the basic macromolecular level, and in the effect of drugs on the force of the contraction of the heart muscle. USPHS research in the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Prisons hospitals is also mentioned. The importance of a vigorous research program in recruiting physicians into the Public Health Service is emphasized. Still photographs taken in the laboratories performing the above research are used to illustrate the narrated text. Shots include: Dr. Luther L. Terry, Surgeon General of the United States; patients being treated in USPHS hospitals; Dr. John L. Wilson; Dr |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Lowry, J. V., Terry, Luther L. (Luther Leonidas), 1911-1985., United States. Public Health Service. Bureau of Medical Services., Film Services, Incorporated. |
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Attribution: Lowry, J. V., Terry, Luther L. (Luther Leonidas), 1911-1985., United States. Public Health Service. Bureau of Medical Services., Film Services, Incorporated.