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NO FOREIGN DISSEC-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-LPage 8 of 12 PagesCS-311/07089-6833. The institute has two artificial kidneys: one imported from the United States in 1959, and one imported from Czechoslovakia and installed in November or December 1966. An attempt has been made to organise the institute like the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Roberto Manalich and Dr. Viilalba (fnu) work witl. Dr. Buch.34. In January 1968, the MINSAP created a three-year residency in nephrology and appointed Dr. Frankie Dorticos as the first resident; Dorticos is the son of the Dean of the Havana University Medical School and nephew of President Dorticos. Artifical kidneys were installed at bot the Santa Clara Civil Hospital and the Santiago de Cuba Hospital in late 1967; these artificial kidneys are for use in treating kidney disease rather than for medical research.35. Hematology Institute. The Hematology Institute has departments at the William Soler Hospital, the Fajardo Hospital, and the National Hospital, all located in Havana City. The institute has no building of its own and its activities are located at the three best hematological clinics in Cuba, as enumerated above. The Director of the Hematology Institute is Dr. Eduardo de la Torre, who is also chief of the Department of Hematology, William Soler Hospital. Dr. Ulacia (fnu), who is probably Cuba's best hematologist, is chief of the Department of Hematology of the Fajardo Hospital.36. The most important research project of the Hematology Institute was initiated about July 66 and consisted of the study of the "atilization of isoniazida in the treatment of Werholf's (as received) disease purpura trombopenica idio- patica." The value of isoniazida in the treatment of Werholf's disease was discovered by chance under the following circumstances: A cl.ild hospitalized in the hematological department of the William Soler hospital for treatment of Werholf's disease contracted a primary tuberculosis infection; when this infection was treated with isoniazida, the symptom-complex of Werholf's disease disappeared completely and no relapse occurred: As of January 1968, 22 such cases had been studied and the conclusions were being prepared for presentation at a Hematological Congress; the biological mechanism of the treatment had not yet been determined, but it was considered that the experimental stage had been completed.37. Dr. Eduardo de la Torre was performing research principally of a statistical nature on leucemias. Infantile leucemia was being studied at the William Soler Hospital and at the Angel Arturo Aballi Children's Hospital, located in Arroyo Naranjo, liavana; this research followed the treatment scheme of Swelzer and the University of California scheme known internationally as V.A.M.P.38. Gastroenterology Institute. The Gastroenterology Institute occupies the two-story building at the Calixto Garcia Hospital which was formerly occupied by the hospital library. Its Director is Dr. Raimundo Llanio Navarro, who was brought to world-wide eminence when he presented his study "Colangio- grafia Laparoscopica en la Lactante" at the Brussels Congress in 1965. When the Gastroenterology Institute was officially established in early 1967, it had been functioning for about two years. In January 1967, Dr. Humberto Rodriguez Hidalgo and Dr. Mirna Quintero were admitted as residents; their admission as residents coincided with the establishment at the institute. of atraining program for specialists in gastroenterology.