Science and the Public Welfare, Diphtheria, reduction in death rate from 



44, 72. 54. 



Disease, the "war" against, xi, 1, 3, 5, 7, 

 9, 10-11, 14-16, 49. See also Death 

 rates; Diseases; Medical Advisory 

 Committee; Research, medical. 



Davis, Horace Leonard, The Utilization 

 of Potential College Ahility Found in 

 ]une 1940, Graduates of Kentucky 

 High Schools, data from, 174-175. 



Davis, Watson, member. Committee on 

 Discovery and Development of Scien- 

 tific Talent, 45, 136. 



DDT, 13, 49, 52, 53. 



Death rates, from disease, World Wars I 

 and II, 5, 13, 49, 52; in childhood, 

 13, 14, 54-55; from disease, compared 

 to war casualties, 1, 13-14, 54; reduc- 

 tion in, from various diseases, 54-55. 

 See also Life expectancy. 



Deaths, principal diseases causing, 14, 55. 



Defense, Department of: peacetime vigor 

 of, in research, xiii; declassification of 

 wartime scientific data by, xviii; Fed- 

 eral funds obligations for basic re- 

 search for national defense by, xxv. 



Defense Mobilization, Office of, x. 



Defense Science Board, xxii. 



Deficiency diseases, 13. 



Deficits in trained research personnel. See 

 Talent. 



Degenerative processes, 14. 



Degrees, Ph.D.: deficits, 139; annually, in 

 science and technology (6-year pe- 

 riod), 150; proposed 300 fellowships 

 for students working toward, 150- 

 151; distribution of, by science fields, 

 177-178. See also Fellowships and 

 scholarships. 



Degrees, undergraduate: deficits, 139; in 

 science and technology (1941), 150; 

 proposed assistance to 6,000 students 

 annually, to obtain, 150, 151; dis- 

 tribution of, by academic and profes- 

 sional fields, 177. See also Fellow- 

 ships and scholarships. 



Demography, in NSF support programs, 



XX. 



Dentistry, term "medical research" to in- 

 clude related aspects of, 64, note 1; 

 distribution of undergraduate degrees 

 in allied fields and, 177. See also 

 Biological sciences; Research, medical. 



Dewey, Bradley, member. Committee on 

 Science and the Public Welfare, 

 44, 72. 



Diabetes, 13, 54. 



Diet, 13, 54. 



Diseases, basic research as contributory to 

 solutions to, viii-ix; emphasis shifted 

 to those of middle- and old-age 

 groups, 14, 55; principal death caus- 

 ing, 55; studies on, by Division of 

 Medical Sciences, National Research 

 Council, and Committee on Medical 

 Research, OSRD, 53. 



Diseases, childhood, reduction in death 

 rate from, 54-55. 



Diseases, deficiency, near eradication of, 

 54. 



Diseases, infectious, committee on, 54. 



Diseases, tropical, committee on, 53. 



Divinity, distribution of undergraduate de- 

 grees in allied fields and, 177. 



Doherty, R. E. member. Committee on 

 Discovery and Development of Scien- 

 tific Talent, 45, 136. 



Doisy, Edward A., member, Medical Ad- 

 visory Committee, 43, 48. 



Drugs, committee on, 53. 



Dykstra, Clarence A., member. Commit- 

 tee on Science and the Public Wel- 

 fare, 44, 72. 



Dysentery, 13, 49, 52, 53. 



Earth sciences, distribution of Ph.D. de- 

 grees among other fields and, 177- 

 178. 



Ecology, human, in NSF support pro- 

 grams, XX. 



Economic studies related to scientific re- 

 search and its application, recom- 

 mended as function of proposed Na- 

 tional Research Foundation, 117. 



Economics, in NSF support programs; xx; 

 graduate school enrollments in, 178. 



Economy. See National economy. 



Edison, Thomas A., 85. 



Education (as field of study), distribution 

 of undergraduate degrees in allied 

 fields and, 177. See also Social 

 sciences. 



Education, statistics on enrollments in 

 schools at various levels, 26; able 

 students lost to, at higher level, 

 166-176. 



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