MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS.
New York, February 22.The first detailed announcement of the plans of the Rockefeller Institute, founded by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, with an endowment of £40,000 two years ago after the death of his infant grandson, has been made public. Mr. Rockefeller added £200,000 to the endowment last summer. It is expected that his contributions will ultimately reach a total of two and n-li'alf million pounds. Mr. Simon Flexner, of the University of Pennsylvania, has been chosen to take charge of the work, which will be centred in New York. A research laboratory will be opened in October. Then will follow a hospital where special groups of patients will be treated in order, to develop new methods of practice. The programme also includes the publication of a journal of experimental medicine, the creation of a popular hygienic museum, public lectures, and a general effort to improve health and promote longevity. A number of .physicians have already been sent to Europe to make special researches.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12242, 11 April 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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