Appendix 2 



Report of tlie Medical 

 Advisory Coramlttee 



Table of Contents 



Page 



Letter of transmittal 47 



Members of the Committee — 48 



Summary 49 



Recommendations 51 



Part I. Considerations on which the recommendations of the Committee are 



based 52 



1. The record of medicine in World War II 52 



2. The Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research 



and Development 53 



3. Effect of war on medical research 54 



4. The need for continued medical research 54 



5. Importance of fundamental research to the progress of medicine 55 



6. The place of medical schools and universities in medical research 56 



7. Medical research under State sponsorship in Great Britain 56 



8. The need for Federal aid to medical research 57 



9. How financial aid should be supplied 58 



10. Estimated cost of program 60 



11. The need for an independent agency 60 



12. Compensation 61 



13. Patent rights 61 



Part II. Fundamental principles governing the use of Federal funds for medical 



research 62 



Part III. Recorrunendations outlining the establishment of a "National Founda- 

 tion for Medical Research" as an independent Federal agency 64 



1. Composition of the Foundation 64 



Board of trustees 64 



Technical board 65 



Office of the executive secretary 66 



2. Functions of the Foundation 66 



Financial aid 67 



a. General research funds 67 



b. Fellowships 67 



c. Grants-in-aid 68 



Coordination and initiation of research 68 



3. Reports 68 



4. Authority to modify procedure -— 69 



46 



