Reflections on research and the future of medicine
Subtitle: a symposium and other addresses
By: edited by Charles E. Lyght
Contributors: Lyght, Charles E. 1901-; Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Publisher: The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; Sydney; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
Copyright date: 1967
Subjects: Medicine -- Congresses; Research -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Symposium on reflections on research and the future of medicine
Notes: "A colloquium presented by the Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories and the Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Alumni Auditorium, New York City, N.Y., May 26, 1966, with other addresses in connection with the dedication of new research facilities, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., May 27, 1966." - Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: To the reader; title: Introduction.; title: Opening remarks / H. Houston Merritt; title: Address of welcome / Grayson L. Kirk; title: Tribute to Sir Henry Dale / Dickinson W. Richards; title: Symposium.; title: Moderator's remarks / Robert F. Loeb; title: Concepts of autoimmune disease and their implications for therapy / Sir Macfarlane Burnet; title: Discussion / Erwin Chargaff, Byron H. Waksman; title: Closing statement / Sir Macfarlane Burnet; title: Moderator's remarks / Robert F. Loeb; title: Molecular biology, nucleic acids, and the future of medicine / E. L. Tatum; title: Discussion / Severo Ochoa, Wendell M. Stanley; title: Closing statement / E. L. Tatum; title: Moderator's remarks / Stanley E. Bradley; title: Molecular dynamics and brain function / Francis O. Schmitt; title: Discussion / Hudson Hoagland, Hans T. Clarke; title: Closing statement / Francis O. Schmitt; title: Moderator's remarks / Stanley E. Bradley; title: Degenerative diseases : past, present and future / Sir George Pickering; title: Discussion / W. Henry Sebrell, Jr., Thomas H. Hunter; title: Moderator's remakrs / Stanley E. Bradley; title: Summarization of the symposium / Chester S. Keefer; title: Closing remarks / H. Houston Merritt; title: Dinner program.; title: Introductions / Vannevar Bush; title: Research and public responsibility / William H. Stewart; title: Dedication ceremonies.; title: Opening remarks / Vannevar Bush; title: The challenge of pharmaceutical research / Max Tishler; title: The quest for new biodynamic substances / Ernst Boris Chain; title: The role of research at Merck / Henry W. Gadsden; title: Musings on medical research / Sir Henry Dale; title: Biographical information