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The Hygienic Laboratory of the Marine Hospital Service was the precursor agency to the NIH.  In 1930, the name of the Hygienic Laboratory was changed to the National Institute of Health (then singular) by the Ransdell Act.

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Sometimes in the search for historical resources, we interview people not at the NIH, but whose work intersected with that of NIH staff.  These institutions include the Food and Drug Administration and other government and private organizations.

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