Dr. Frank F. Katz describes the beginnings of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, begun in 1903 with funding from John D. Rockefeller, and originally situated in locations in Wayne, NJ and later (1916) at the Clyde Farm in Somerset County, on the site of today's Forrestal campus of Princeton University. The Institute moved to an existing facility in New York City in 1947, and the New Jersey site closed in 1950. Legislation was required to grant special permission for the Institute (and other academic and educational institutions) to conduct animal research; previously, only medical societies were permitted to conduct such research. While some of the research included surgery, much of the original work focused on the infectious diseases of farm animals including hog cholera. During the time the Institute was in New Jersey, two Nobel prizes were awarded to its researchers. Dr. Katz's article on the subject can be found at http://www.mhsnj.org/resources/THE_ROCKEFELLER_INSTITUTE.pdf

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Katz, Frank F., Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, History of medicine, Animal research laboratories, Animal rights, Animal welfare--Law and legislation, Vivisection, Health and medicine

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