Establishment of a department of tropical medicine and medical par-asitology at Louisiana State university's medical school strengthens that institution's position in the educational world.
The expansion of services was announced last week by Dr.JWil-liam W, Frye, vice-president of the university and dean of the school of medicine.
Stressing the importance of research toward control of tropical disease, Dr. Frye said that although such maladies are rare in this country, some two million Americans, mostly in the armed services, are exposed as a result of their overseas residency.
The new department is a real acquisition for the university, since various department heads at LSU have until now had to share the teaching of tropical medicine.
The move represents further expansion of a tropical medicine research and training program begun by the school of medicine five years ago in the Caribbean area and Central America.
Appointment of Dr.
LSU professor of medical parasitology since 1950, as head of the department provides capable guidance for the medical school's new branch.
Dr. Swartzwelder and other members of the faculty have already developed a world-famous drug therapy against two intestinal parasites for which there had been no satisfactory treatment.
Formation of LSU's tropical medicine department evidences foresight fo| challenges that lie ahead.
