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                  <text>April 10,

1961;

Dr. D. Vorster

65 Cleveland Road

Sarﬂmrst, Joharmesburg
South Africa
Dear Dr. Vcrster:

I should like to answer the questions of your
letter of March 26th in as frank a manner as possible.

$114,500 is the present level for Senior
salarny
coming from over~seas with
Research Scientists who

The

going

Mew.

are

Allowances for the D.P.M. are now under
There is a special salary differential for
are accredited by the Anerican Board of

your: experience.

physicians who
Psychiatry and Neurologr. The Director of the Division
of Mental Diseases has recently proposed the same salary
differential for physicians who have the D.P..M. from McGill,
'

and other principal training centers of (heat Britain.
Late last month one of the Senior Professors of Great
Britain visited with us and met with the training connctttees
of the Institute. His recommndations are being fonvarded to
the appropriate State authorities and it is our hope that we
will have a favorable decision dinning the next few months.

In general, the salaries of the Missouri Institute
of Psychiatry are so set as to be closely related to those
of the Department of Psychiatry of Washington University and
in the event that that Department's salaries change, we have
the autmrity to change ours comparatively.

'

the present time, there is a Youth Center established
under the super»at the St. Louis State Hospital. This center is
Child
of
Psychiatry at
Professor
Dr.
Jmes Anthony, the
vision of
he
a
developing
Aththe
is
Washington University.
present time,
At

�Dr. D. Vorster

April 10,

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large scale research program and it is probable that he will
use these facilities for some research.
The “position that is available is in the prom with
Sam
Gershon. This program has a number of facets which
Dr.
include a) a. study of electrolytes in mental disease and the
present phase of the study is centered around a trial of Lithitm
salt in the treatment of mic-depressive ﬁaseaee; b) a study
of drug induced mxiety and c) the one with which it is preposed
you will be primarily associated - a study of mti-ohalinergic
psycintomimetics and their antagonists. The mtagonists in
this study are structurally a cmpletely new group of ocmpomds.

of mm latest annual report and
this will give you a better picttme of the scope of programs
and other pertinent infometion at the Institute.
Enclosed

is a

copy

Sincerely yours,
Max

24me

em.

Fink,

Director

M.

D.

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