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CARRYING ON IN THE "OLD RED BRICK" 102.—This group is carrying out one of the three prime responsibilities of the Institute, diagnostic consultation, under the direction of Dr. Hugh G. Grady (upper right), Scientific Director, American Registry of Pathology, 1949-1957.

is responsible for the physical production of the fascicles. Because of the highly specialized character of the illustrations which are the distinguishing feature of the Atlas, the negatives used in offset printing are prepared in the Medical Illustration Service's plant, where the closest cooperation between the pathologist and the printer can be assured. Presswork, in the ticklish business of reproducing accurately the photomicrographs which are the heart of the fascicles, likewise can best be done in the Institute's own plant. For these and other reasons, the printing division of the Institute qualifies as an "approved field printing agency" under the standards and rulings of the congressional Joint Committee on Printing. When it came to setting type for the text of the fascicles, however, the situation was different. The type-setting equipment in the Institute's plant was antiquated and inadequate, "necessitating hours of hand setting" which delayed all other operations. Rather than attempting to set type with the equipment it had, arrangements were made to have this done by the U.S. Government Printing Office—an arrangement which is still in effect.