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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 1, 1960 partially reads, "Research into the production and vagaries of 'histamines' in human cells is a major project in a laboratory at the Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital on Plummer street just off Sepulveda boulevard. Thirty research scientists, technicians and administrative workers toil in an especially equipped wing at the hospital....If this study bears fruit, Clark believes, control of the production of histamines may lead to the eventual control of the causes of cancer, hypertension and other heart diseases." Seen in the photograph is Dr. William G. Clark, chief of pharmacology and physiology and director of the research laboratory conducting the study.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Veterans' hospitals--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) Hospitals--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) Pharmacologists--California--Los Angeles Medical scientists--California--Los Angeles Research--Physiology--California--Los Angeles Laboratories--California--Los Angeles Laboratories--Equipment and supplies Men--California--Los Angeles Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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