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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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b . $28,10275 to the Department of Psychiatry for a study of metabolism and membrane potential of skeletal muscle fibers and relation to function, under the direction of Dr. R. W . Gerard, for one year beginning January I, 1954. 217. National Multiple Sclerosis Society: a. $14,894 to the Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery for the genetic study of multiple sclerosis, under the direction of Dr. R. P. Mackay, for one year beginning January 1, 1955. b. $6,343 to the Department of Psychiatry for the multiple sclerosis literature coding project, under the direction of Dr. R. S. Levine, for the period from November I, 1954, through April 30, 1955. 218. United Cerebral Palsy Association: a. $2,000 to the Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery for research under the direction of Dr. F . A. Gibbs, for six months beginning January I, I9SS. b . $11,327.53 to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for research under the direction of Dr. Frances A. Hellebrandt, for one year from September 1, 1954. 219. Winnetka Garden Club, $400 to plant a garden for patients in the Research and Educational Hospitals. 220. Women's Auxiliary of the Chicago Memorial Hospital, $4,850 for a loan fund for students in the College of Medicine. 221. Women's Club of Hinsdale, $136 for a scholarship in nursing. 222. From the following donors for the Occupational Therapy Gift Fund: Chicago Illinae Club, $100; Members of the Government and Civic Employees Local 1220, $10. 223. From the following donors for the Orthopaedic Surgery Gift Fund: Drama Club of Evanston, $500; Edgebrook Lion's Club, $58.80; Kappa Alpha Theta, $330; Women of the Rotary, $3,003.79224. United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, for support of the following research and educational programs. The numbers in parentheses are the code numbers used by the U. S. Department to identify the grant. a. $5,921 for biochemical studies on gulose, idose, and talose, under the direction of Dr. Paul Kohn, Department of Biological Chemistry, for one year beginning September 1, 1954 (A425-C). b. $4,793.73 for an electron microscopic study of the glomerulus, especially its basement membrane in normal and nephritic mice, under the direction of Dr. Parke H . Simer, Department of Anatomy, for one year beginning April 1, 1955 (A636-C3). . . c. $1,701 for a study of the cerebral cortex projection system in the primate, under the direction of Dr. Gerhardt von Bonin, Department of Anatomy, for one year from April 1, 1955 (B358-C2). d. $19,908.58 for studies on metabolism, morphology, and electrical properties of the nervous system in relation to each other and to normal and disturbed functioning, under the direction of Dr. R. W. Gerard, Department of Psychiatry, for one year beginning September 1, 1954 (B413-C). e. $9,737.09 for the study of relations between nuclear and cytoplasmic nucleoproteins in developing and mature nerve cells, under the direction of Dr. Arthur LaVelle, Department of Anatomy, for one year beginning September 1, 1954 (B415-C) ( 4 I 5 - C S ) . f. $14,173 for a study of three dimensional delimitation of the epileptogenic foci in patients with psychomotor epilepsy, under the direction of Dr. A. B. Kendrick, Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, for one year beginning September 1, 1954 (B 628). g- $5>778 for a study of thyroid status and neuromuscular function, under the direction of Dr. Neena Schwartz, Department of Physiology, for one year beginning March I, 1955 (B768 R ) . h. $6,175.62 for a study of odontome formation in a known strain of rats, under the direction of Dr. Isaac Schour, Department of Histology, for one year beginning October 1, 1954 (C464 C5). i. $11,267.01 for a. study of leukocytes, under the direction of Dr. Richard J. Winzler, Department of Biological Chemistry, for one year beginning September 1, 1954 (C1828 C 2 ) . j . $4,968 for a study of gonadotropins and ovarian X-ray effects, under the