John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gave his personal check for $150,000 to finance treatment of diabetes with insulin (TIME, April 21 and June 4). The purpose is to increase the number of free ward patients in American and Canadian hospitals who may be treated with insulin, and to teach practicing physicians the proper therapy of the extract.
The gift has no connection with the organized Rockefeller philanthropies, but will be distributed by Dr. Simon Flexner, Director of the Rockefeller Institute, to the following hospitals: University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.; New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston;...
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