National Society for Medical Research Archives 1946-1984

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National Society for Medical Research Archives 1946-1984

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The National Society for Medical Research was established in 1946 with the purpose of insuring the freedom of investigators and teachers to use laboratory animals, whenever such use is justified. Over three hundred organizations supported NSMR. Correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, clippings, printed matter, and legal cases and legislation covering the society's entire history. Includes extensive materials from antivivisection groups from 1924 to 1983, and a large collection of animal pound laws, federal legislation, and government regulations relating to the research use of animals.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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Carlson, Anton J. (Anton Julius), 1875-1956

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President of the Research Council on Problems of Alcohol. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235956176 Anton Julius Carlson was born on January 29, 1875 in Bohuslan, Sweden to Carl Jacobson and Hedvig Andersdotter. He came to the United States in 1891, settling in Chicago. Carlson received an A.B. (1897) and an A.M. (1898) from Augustana College and received a Ph...

Association for Biomedical Research (Washington, D.C.)

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National Society for Medical Research (U.S.)

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The National Society for Medical Research was established in 1946 with the purpose of insuring the freedom of investigators and teachers to use laboratory animals, whenever such use is justified. The Board of Directors was also active in lobbying for or against legislation involving the use of animals in research. It was conceived as an instrument to permit many organizations to conduct a joint program of public education on the methods and needs of biological and medical research. The purpose o...