Scientific Institutions in Latin America: Finlay Institute

Severa1 of the personnel of the Institute are receiving special training in scientific institutions of the United States, before taking up their new duties. * One

The Medical Section, which is staffed by the Director, two physicians specializing in bacteriology, and two nurses, includes the out-patient clinic, the

Periodic courses are given for the personnel of public health institutions, so that most of the labora- tory workers in Chile have spent considerable time in the

Its official duties include supervision of the investigative work to be performed by the physicians in charge of leprosy dispensaries, in accordance with legal

The Institute offers courses in Physiology, Biochemistry and Bio- physics to medical and dental students and to graduates working for a doctor’s degree in Pharmacy

serum and vaccine; pneumonia serum and vaccine; gangrene serum; serum for the treatment of whooping-cough; smallpox vaccine; pyogenic vaccine; streptococcus serum

Institute of Tropical Medicine of the Lniversity of Habana: Ahovc: present building; center: proposed new huilding; below: Microphotography

The four principal duties of the Institute are: manufacture of biologic products; diagnosis, and epidemiological studies of autochthon- ous communicable