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One of the aims is to develop a synthetic drug which will have all of 

 the virtues of morphine without its habit-forming qualities. A chemist 

 at the University of Virginia has synthctizod a number of compounds. 

 These are being tested on animals at the University of Michigan and 

 those which passed animal tests are bemg tried on patients in Massa- 

 chusetts. Similar cooperative studies are under way in cancer. This 

 principle can be applied to many problems. It is my hope that our 

 Institute of Health will extend this principle widely. In addition, 

 promising studies should be supported by grants-in-aid along the lines 

 which have proven profitable in recent years. 



SUMMARY 



The aims of the Public Health Service are easily summarized. 

 We seek to narrow the gap between what we know and what wo do, 

 and to extend the boundaries of knowledge of health and disease. We 

 ourselves will play a small part compared with the total job to be done. 

 We seek for ourselves not size but efficiency, not legal authority but 

 the confidence of our colleagues and of the public we servo. Wo hope 

 that our aims of today will be "the experience of tomorrow." 



