In the earlier years of occupancy of the new building, the illustrative materials produced by the Service were not greatly used by the Navy and the Air Force, except as they participated in the materials used by the three-service Institute itself. As time went on, however, the direct use of Illustration Service materials by Navy and Air Force increased, although the Army, as might have been expected, continued to be by far the largest user of these products other than the Institute itself.
The breadth of the contacts of the Illustration Service is indicated by the fact that in i960, by no means an unusual year, it collaborated with more than 165 U.S. Government, civilian, and foreign agencies in matters pertaining to exhibits, the loan of films, lantern slide teaching sets, training aids, and illustrations. In another year, 1957, it cooperated with 19 Federal agencies in exchanging information and services in the field of medical illustration, and its personnel participated in the activities of a dozen civilian societies and associations that have like interests. 20[1] In recognition of this breadth of contact, Mr. Herman Van Cott (fig. 119), Chief of the Service, was appointed to represent the Institute on the Interdepartmental Committee, now known as the Advisory Council on Medical Training Aids. The Council is composed of officially appointed representatives of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Veterans' Administration, the Public Health Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Its object is to review critically all training projects of the governmental agencies that are represented on the Committee.
A major activity of the Service is the preparation and showing of exhibits featuring medical information. In the years 1955-1961, 543 such exhibits were constructed, and 2,102, including those constructed in earlier years, were shown at local, State, and national meetings of medical associations and at other scientific gatherings. Seventy-nine, or more than one-sixth of those constructed in the years covered, won awards and official commendations (fig. 120).
From 20 prototyped wound moulage kits, developed by the Training Aids Division of the Illustration Service, the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army had 525 individual moulages depicting a variety of wounds made up, and tried them out in several maneuvers and field exercises. The moulages were so graphic in effect and so accurate in reproducing the appearance of wounds that they were standardized for Army use and, as a step toward uniformity in nomenclature of wounds among the Allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, copies of the kit were sent to Great Britain, France, and Canada. In the light of the possible interdependence of the NATO nations for medical care of their
- ↑ 20 Annual Reports, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1957, p. 44: 1960, p. 25.
