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    "ocrText": "-SECRET\nSpecial attention has recently been given to a biological method for determining Vita-\nmin A, and to the stability of vitamins under different conditions. The Chemical\nLaboratory has recently investigated the lead content of different foodstuffs. The\nBiological-Bacteriological Laboratory is making investigations into the bactericide effect\nof the application of ultraviolet rays on certain foodstuffs. In general, the Water Labo-\nratory has control of the Public Waterworks. The Diet Laboratory is concerned with\nthe question of a suitable diet both for the general population and for public institutions.\n3. MEDICINE AND BIOPHYSICS\na. Organization and Administration\nMedical research in Sweden is coordinated and aided financially by Statens\nMedicinska Forskningsradet (State Council for Medical Research) which began func-\ntioning in 1945. The council has representatives from the medical faculties of the\nuniversities, from research workers outside the faculties, and from the exact natural\nsciences, odontology, and veterinary medicine. The president is the Chancellor of the\nUniversities, and ex-officio members are the head of the State Medical Board and the\nPhysician-in-Chief of the Defense Forces. The State has allotted the sum of 1,000,000\nkronor ($250,000.00) to the council and medical faculties together, to be used in assist-\ning extensive investigations and individual research workers. Further funds for med-\nical research are obtained from private donations.\nSweden has made excellent provision for the interchange of scientific ideas\namong physicians. The Swedish Medical Society, whose membership includes the\nmajority of physicians in Sweden, holds meetings in Stockholm once a week. Gothen-\nburg, Lund, and Uppsala each have medical societies, and each capital city in the\ncounties with a central hospital has its own local scientific union. Special branches\nof medicine have their own societies, and hold meetings once a month. Once a year,\nin November, a Parliament of Physicians is held at which professional questions and\nscientific problems are discussed.\nAlthough the annual increase of new physicians in Sweden is limited to 150,\nmany new fields of activity have been opened up for medical men in recent years.\nAmong these are positions as clinical laboratory technicians, anesthetists, specialists\nin social diseases, professional hygienists, and industrial hygienists. In Stockholm\nand Gothenburg, post-graduate training is available in annual courses subsidized by\nthe State. In addition, special courses for school physicians, health officers, etc. are\ngiven by the State Institute of Public Health (see 2 b above).\nb. Research\nA recent report called Sweden the medical center of the world today. It has\nalso been stated that the workers in medical research and biophysics in Sweden include\nmany top-grade men of international reputation. Only a few prominent names will\nbe mentioned in the following résumé.\nAt the Nobel Medical Institute for Cytological Research at Stockholm Uni-\nversity, Professor Torbjörn Caspersson is conducting a series of investigations on the\nstructure of the cell nucleus in different animal and plant cells, tumor cells, and bac-\nteria. The technique used is based on the light absorption of the nucleic acids in ultra-\nviolet (i.e., biophysical techniques).\nEinar Hammarsten, Professor of Medical Chemistry at Caroline Institute, is\nusing quantitative methods for separating ribopolynucleotides.\nImportant work is being done at the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in\nStockholm, under Professor Ragnar Granit, on the electrical response of the optic\n25\nSECRET"
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