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GROWTH AND GROWTH HORMONE
Author(s) -
C Ravaglia
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1959.tb88814.x
Subject(s) - citation , growth hormone , computer science , information retrieval , psychology , library science , medicine , hormone
regardedas one of the outstandingexamplesof precision engineering undertaken by the Commonwealth, yet for various reasons no Australian-made torpedo was ever used in action. However, such projects, even if they did not augment the allied military strength, did make a definite contribution to Australia's strength as an industrial nation. Indeed, it seems clear from this account that industry derived many benefits from its experience in the war effort. There was a great development in the variety and complexity of manufacture,from which their staffs could benefit, and which provided full scope for their resourcefulnessand ability to improvise. This ensured higher and more accurate standards in mass production and prepared for the remarkable post-war expansion of secondary industry. From our own particular point of view, scientific and medical, it may well be pointed out that the contribution of science to the war effort has produced a much wider and more realistic appreciation of the scientist and his work in the modern world: scientific education and researchare being fostered and encouragedas never before with a realization-stimulating,not defeatist-thatwe lag behind