Excerpt from Highlights in the Scientific History and Organization of the National Institutes of Health, 1945-1970 First, 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.