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elationship of monoamine oxidase to migraine attacks and of themetabolites of tyramine excreted by patients who are sensitive totyramine.This work on migraine is now co-ordinated through a steeringcommittee under the chairmanship of Professor R. H. S. Thompson.Tropical MedicineResearch in tropical medicine has been one of the Trust's dominantinterests since its inception. This policy has been a reflection ofSir Henry Wellcome's own activities and the importance of tropicalmedicine was affirmed by the Trustees in their statement made inthe report for 1964-66.In no better way could the policy of the Trustees be exemplifiedthan by the work of Dr. Henry Foy and Dr. Athena Kendi, sinceit began in 1938. Each biennial report by the Trust has bornewitness to the energy, enterprise and scientific imagination of Dr.Foy, so very ably complemented by Dr. Kondi. These reportsrecord the history of these co-workers' association with the Trustand the scientific results of their endeavours. The story beginningwith malaria in Thessalonika in 1938 does not end with the studiesof nutritional deficiencies and tropical anaemias in Kenya. AlthoughDr. Foy has relinquished the direction of the Wellcome ResearchLaboratories in Nairobi from the end of 1970 he will continue hisexciting work on the effects of pyridoxine deficiency with somesupport from the Trust. The Trustees wish to take the opportunityprovided by this report to pay tribute to the work of Dr. Foyandhis collaborator Dr. Kondi and at the same time to wish them weDin their retirement.A recent example of the further implementation of the Trust'spolicies is provided by the Wellcome-London-Harvard Scheme.This scheme was announced in the press in the United Kingdomand the United States simultaneously in February, 1970, afterprolonged consultations involving the Trust, the London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Department of TropicalPublic Health of the Harvard School of Public Healih. The schemecontains an offer to provide one million pounds over the next ten28