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NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH UNIT AT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION FACILITY
Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, has established a Neuropsychiatric Research Unit at the Veterans Administration Facility, Northport, N. Y. The unit will operate as an integrant part of the Medical and Hospital Service under the direction of Dr. Charles M. Griffith, Medical Director, and under the immediate supervision of Dr. Hugo Mella, Chief, Postgraduate Instruction and Medical Research Division, Medical and Hospital Service, Washington, D. C.The personnel of the unit includes two senior physicians, namely, Dr. James A. Huddleson, director, and Dr. William J. Turner, who will supervise the laboratory activities under the direction of Dr. Huddleson. In addition, technical assistants, including a biochemist, an assistant statistician, a laboratorian and a laboratory assistant, have been assigned to the unit, as well as a secretary and stenographer.The functions of the personnel of the unit will be the conduct of