Describes the researches in medical science promoted by the Medical Research Council and by various government department during the Second World War.

Closely similar to Report of Medical Research Council 1939-45 published in 1948 under title: Medical research in war.

Organization --The safety and efficiency of the fighting man -- Wounds and injuries -- War diseases -- Nutrition and malnutrition -- Public health -- Sulphonamides ; and the development of penicillin -- Industrial health -- Biochemical research -- Chemical defence research -- The biological effects of explosions.