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Figure 6. — Laboratory for Experimental Medicine & 
Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP). 
many observers expressed skepticism concern- 
ing its feasibility, but we can now state after 
six years experience that: (1) productivity is 
still rising, and (2) there has never been a seri- 
ous dispute in the execution of the program. 
We believe that this experience can serve as a 
prototype for other communities in the future. 
SUMMARY 
During the period 1969-1970, each animal was 
used for an average of 3.9 protocols annually. 
However, with recent budgeting constrictions it 
was possible to further increase utilization to a 
present level of 6.5 projects annually. This is 
achieved by simultaneous as well as sequential 
use of the animals closely coordinated by an ac- 
tive utilization committee. Another important 
source of economy and scientific productivity has 
been the active and generous cooperation and 
collaboration by participating scientists from 
different disciplines who have provided advice 
and expertise that would otherwise be expensive 
if not unavailable. The Laboratory now func- 
tions as a truly interinstitutional program pro- 
viding a unique resource and a possible prototype 
for shared facilities elsewhere. 
REFERENCES 
1. MooR-jANKOWSKi, J., and Goldsmith, E. L The 
laboratory for experimental medicine and surgery in 
primates : Background and policy. In : Medical Pri- 
matology, S. Karger, Basel/New York, 1971. 
2. Davis, J. H., and Moor-Jankowski, J. Laboratory 
for experimental medicine and surgery in primates 
PRIMARY 
PROGRAM: 
ASSOCIATED 
PROGRAMS: 
Figure 7. — An Example of Simultaneous Sharing of a Baboon Pregnancy 
Prevention of premature labor and Effects of labor upon the fetus — breeding, maintenance 
through pregnancy, physiological observations and experiments at term. 
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y. 
1. 
Induction of ovulation- — 
N.Y.U. Medical Center 
2. 
Blood grouping of parents and fetus — 
N.Y.U. Medical Center 
3. 
Production of timed pregnancies — 
LEMSIP 
4. 
Maternal urine during and after pregnancy — 
Cornell University Medical Coll. 
5. 
Maternal gallstone formation — 
Cornell University Medical Coll. 
6. 
Maternal urine during pregnancy — 
N.I.C.H.D., Bethesda 
7. 
Amniotic Fluid — 
University of California, San Diego 
8. 
Amniotic Fluid — 
McGill University, Montreal, Canada 
9. 
Amniotic Fluid — 
Columbia-Presbyterian Med. Center 
10. 
Fetal & maternal blood — 
Montefiore Hospital, N.Y. 
11. 
Placenta — 
N.I.C.H.D., Bethesda 
12. 
Neonatal liver — 
N.Y.U. Medical Center 
13. 
Neonatal brain & kidney — 
Brain Research Inst., London 
14. 
Neonatal skin & bone — 
Ortho Foundation, Raritan, N.J. 
15. 
Neonatal milk — 
New York Blood Center, N.Y. 
16. 
Neonatal blood — 
LEMSIP 
