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Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 1999
Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 1999
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC
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The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 1999 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2004
Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2004
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC
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The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2004 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Medical Report of the Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan vol 6 (manuscript)
Medical Report of the Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan vol 6 (manuscript)
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Original with tipped-in photographs. "Populations and Casualties" and "Building and Shielding Studies"
Topics: atomic bomb, Japan, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, World War II
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Surgical Section I Reception Book (MM 8754)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Surgical Section I Reception Book (MM 8754)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of surgical specimens and instruments received at the Army Medical Museum. Lists such instruments as needle forceps, bullet extractors, and an electromagnetic appliance. Circa 1879. Includes Surgical Specimen (SS) numbers 6200-7447, 9200-9950.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, surgery, surgical specimens, surgical instruments
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Army Medical Museum Collection, History of Specimens/Inventory of Specimen Preparation (MM 8761-1)
Army Medical Museum Collection, History of Specimens/Inventory of Specimen Preparation (MM 8761-1)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of anatomical, pathological, and comparative anatomy specimens received at the Army Medical Museum from about 1863-1865. In some cases the method of preparation of the specimens is noted (wet, wood, etc.).
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, comparative...
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Taps, 1930
Taps, 1930
by Army School of Nursing, Class of 1930
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Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1930. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses, military medicine, nursing...
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook, Index to Instruments (MM 8765)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook, Index to Instruments (MM 8765)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of medical and surgical instruments at the Army Medical Museum. Includes such items as artery twister, artificial leech for uterus, iris forceps, and rotating scissors. Arranged alphabetically by instrument name. No date, but ca. 19th century.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, surgical instruments, laboratory instruments
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The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 14: Medical Aspects of Gas Warfare
The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 14: Medical Aspects of Gas Warfare
by US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Fourteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 106: Bainton Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 106: Bainton Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists of the text and x-ray photographs from an addendum to a seminar on bone tumors held by the California Tumor Registry moderated by Charles P. Schwinn (Surgical Pathologist and Associate Professor of Pathology, LAC-USC Medical Center) and Richard R. Schreiber (Radiologist and Assistant Clinical Professor, USC School of Medicine). Donated by Dorothy Bainton.
Topics: California Tumor Registry, Charles P. Schwinn, Richard R. Schreiber, Dorothy Bainton, Radiology,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 388: US Army Ambulance Material
Finding Aid for OHA 388: US Army Ambulance Material
by Laura Cutter
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This collection documents the development of U.S. Army ambulance wagons from the Civil War to World War I. The bulk of the collection focuses on the 1870s and 1880s when the Army was developing specifications and regulations for ambulances. It includes correspondence, administrative material, and drawings. The collection also includes eight patents for ambulance wagons, including specifications and drawings, submitted to the Office of the Surgeon General between 1861 and 1866. The photographic...
Topics: U.S. Army Ambulance, Civil War, World War I, Ambulance Wagons, Hospital Ships
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Comparative Anatomy Section V Logbook (MM 8770)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Comparative Anatomy Section V Logbook (MM 8770)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens), sorted by class. No date
Topics: veterinary, inventory, catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum
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Finding Aid for OHA 269: Pearce Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 269: Pearce Collection
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Dr. Jesse Cleveland Pearce was born in Elliott, South Carolina, on August 22, 1888, the son of Adalaide Lee and Jesse E. Pearce, who was a leader in the organization of the town of Kershaw, and served as its first mayor. Dr. Pearce studied at the Medical College of South Carolina, received his doctor of medicine degree in 1911, and began his practice in Graniteville, which lasted more than half a century. During World War I, Dr. Pearce served with the American Expeditionary Forces and was one...
Topics: Jesse Cleveland Pearce, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I Medicine, Pharmacopeia, Splint...
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Finding Aid for OHA 212.05: Kulstad AIDS Ephemera Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 212.05: Kulstad AIDS Ephemera Collection
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Ruth Kulstad collected this material while serving as an editor for Science. Additional material that she collected can be found in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives.
Topics: AIDS Ephemera, HIV/AIDS, Ruth Kulstad, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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A Catalogue of Surgeons' Instruments, Air and Water Beds, Pillows, and Cushions, Bandages, Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Inhalers, Galvanic Apparatus, and Other Appliances Used by the Medical Profession
A Catalogue of Surgeons' Instruments, Air and Water Beds, Pillows, and Cushions, Bandages, Trusses, Elastic Stockings, Inhalers, Galvanic Apparatus, and Other Appliances Used by the Medical Profession
by S. Maw and Sons
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1866 Catalog of Medical Supplies published by S. Maw and Sons, London. Scanned from a photocopy.
Topics: medical supplies, medicine, surgical instruments
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Logbook, Stomach and Intestines, Spleen, and Pancreas (MM 8764)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Logbook, Stomach and Intestines, Spleen, and Pancreas (MM 8764)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of wounds of the stomach, intestines, spleen, and pancreas. Includes patients' names, dates of injury, disposition (died, discharged, etc.), types of sutures used, and bibliography. Dates of the bibliography are from mid 18th-19th century.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, wounds, catalogs, logbooks, bibliography
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Index to Photographs by Patient Name, Surgical and Contributed Photographs (MM 8799)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Index to Photographs by Patient Name, Surgical and Contributed Photographs (MM 8799)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or index of photographs at the Army Medical Museum, arranged alphabetically by patient name for Surgical and Contributed Photographs. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, index, logbook, photographs, Surgical Photographs, Civil War
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OHA 25: Curatorial Records, Smithsonian Correspondence, 1867-1887
OHA 25: Curatorial Records, Smithsonian Correspondence, 1867-1887
by Joseph Henry, Spencer Baird, George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, John S. Billings
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This collection consists of Army Medical Museum (AMM) incoming correspondence, mostly from Smithsonian Secretaries Joseph Henry and Spencer Baird, relating primarily to the exchange of specimens between the Museum and the Smithsonian. George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, and John S. Billings were curators of the Museum during this time. See also Museum Records: Accession Records and Curatorial Records: Letterbooks of the Curators for related correspondence. This list is a direct output of the...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Correspondence, Smithsonian, Curatorial Records, Letterbooks, Joseph Henry,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 43: Museum Records, Brody
Finding Aid for OHA 43: Museum Records, Brody
by Heather Lindsay
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Office files of Charlotte Brody, a Public Programs staff member. The collection includes material on a proposed polio exhibit, the iron lung, and information on the museum for a volunteer program manual.
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Public Programs, Museum Records, Charlotte Brody
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Finding Aid for OHA 17: Curatorial Records, Ludlow Entomology Records
Finding Aid for OHA 17: Curatorial Records, Ludlow Entomology Records
by Eric W. Boyle
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Records include correspondence, notes, reports, logbooks, and other research materials of Dr. Clara S. Ludlow, the Museum's chief entomologist. Ludlow's research centered on identifying mosquitoes, including a project working with specimens sent in from military posts, which resulted in a Museum film, "Mosquito Eradication," in 1918.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Entomology, Mosquito Eradication
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Clinico Motion Pictures catalog
Clinico Motion Pictures catalog
by Clinical Film Libraries
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A catalog of motion pictures of Medical and Surgical subjects designed for education.
Topics: motion pictures, movies, films, medical, surgical, educational
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Guide to the Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, 2009
Guide to the Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, 2009
by National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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The 2009 edition of the Guide to the Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. It includes the following collecting divisions: Historical, Anatomical, Neuroanatomical, Human Developmental Anatomy, and Archives.
Topics: Guide to Collections, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine, inventory
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Finding Aid for OHA 119: Bower Photograph Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 119: Bower Photograph Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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Col. Morris L. Bower was an Army Medical Museum illustrator. The collection consists of negatives and lantern slides of pathological conditions and anatomical drawings belonging to Col. Bower. Includes a typed list corresponding to some of the diagnoses listed on the envelopes for negatives.
Topics: Morris L. Bower, Army Medical Museum, Lantern Slides, Medical Illustration, Medical Photography,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 90: AFIP Photograph Albums
Finding Aid for OHA 90: AFIP Photograph Albums
by Eric W. Boyle
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The photographs in this collection are primarily publicity photos of AFIP events and staff; also includes some historical photographs of military medicine, clippings and scrapbook ephemera. While most of the albums are labeled, many of the photographs are unlabeled. The title of the folders reflects the title of the album wherever possible, otherwise the title is intended to be descriptive of contents.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, AFIP, Photographs, Albums
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Finding Aid for OHA 47: Museum Records, O'Reilly Office Files
Finding Aid for OHA 47: Museum Records, O'Reilly Office Files
by Joan Redding
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Office records of Orla O'Reilly, who was employed by the Museum from 1988 to 1993. O'Reilly served as head of the Education Office and its successor, the Public Programs Office. She also served briefly as the Museum's office manager. During her tenure, the Museum participated in a number of conferences and public programs, at the Museum and elsewhere, on such topics as AIDS, mental health, alternative medicine, substance abuse, and public policy. O'Reilly acted as liaison between the Museum and...
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Education Office, Orla O'Reilly
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The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 9: Communicable and Other Diseases
The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 9: Communicable and Other Diseases
by US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Written by Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Siler, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Ninth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 2: Administration American Expeditionary Forces
The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War volume 2: Administration American Expeditionary Forces
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Written by Col. Joseph H. Ford, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Second of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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A Guide for Uniform Industrial Hygiene Codes or Regulations for the Use of Fluoroscopic Shoe Fitting Devices
A Guide for Uniform Industrial Hygiene Codes or Regulations for the Use of Fluoroscopic Shoe Fitting Devices
by The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
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A guide "designed to minimize the amount of radiation to which persons are exposed during the use of fluoroscopic shoe fitting devices."
Topics: fluoroscopy, irradiation, radiation, roentgen rays, x-rays, shoe fitting, public health, Committee...
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Finding Aid for OHA 220.07: MacNeill Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 220.07: MacNeill Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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The NMHMâs Historical Collections houses dialyzer prototypes designed and built by Arthur E. MacNeill between 1952 and 1954. The Research and Development Division of the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army, funded the development of this device under contact DA-49-007-MD-475, as the use of the artificial kidney by the 11th Evac Hospital in Korea proved the value of this new technology, but remained cumbersome under field conditions. The MacNeill device was compact, easier and quicker to...
Topics: Arthur E. MacNeill, MacNeill-Collins Dialyzer, Kidney Dialysis, Blood Pump
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Finding Aid for OHA 294.03: Satava Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 294.03: Satava Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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Dr. Richard Satava, MD, FACS, and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center and Senior Science Advisor at the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in Ft. Detrick, MD used the VHS tapes in this collection from the date of creation until 2014 (depending on their relevance), as he gave lectures around the world on how advanced technologies were being used. Satavaâs prior positions included Professor of Surgery at Yale University and a military...
Topics: Medical Technology, Virtual Medicine, Telemedicine, DARPA
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Finding Aid for OHA 296.05: Schiaffino Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 296.05: Schiaffino Collection
by Heather Lindsay
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This collection consists of material from Dr. F. F. Schiaffino's service in the Korean War as an Army toxicologist. After leaving the service, he worked for the FDA until his retirement.
Topics: F.F. Schiaffino, Korean War, Army Toxicologist, Toxicology, FDA
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Finding Aid for OHA 83.03: Medical Evacuation Company Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 83.03: Medical Evacuation Company Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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The materials in this collection were donated by Angela Wagner, the last acting commander of the 159th Medical Company at the time of its closure in 2007. The archival items include correspondence, official pronouncements, forms, memoranda, manuals, and photographs related to the work of the unit. The series in the collection are divided by subject and arranged chronologically. Additional commemorative artifacts related to the Companyâs closure are stored with the Historical division in the...
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, 159th, Medical Evacuation Company, Medical Detachment,...
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An Illustrated Description of First-Class Achromatic Microscopes, Apparatus, Specimens, etc.
An Illustrated Description of First-Class Achromatic Microscopes, Apparatus, Specimens, etc.
by Miller Brothers
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An 1879 catalog of microscopes, laboratory apparatus, and anatomical specimens. Made, imported, and sold by Miller Brothers, New York.
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Topics: catalogs, microscopes, laboratories, laboratory equipment, specimens, insects, anatomical specimens
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8759-2)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8759-2)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1875-1879. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1235-1954.
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Captured Vietnamese Records, Loose Pages 1
Captured Vietnamese Records, Loose Pages 1
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Unbound records of medical and/or scientific subject matter captured during the Vietnam War. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, scientific
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Medical Section II Logbook (MM 8523-5)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Medical Section II Logbook (MM 8523-5)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Medical Section (items related to diseases not surgically treated). Includes Section numbers 1-1585. No date.
Topics: pathology, medical, pathological specimens, diseases, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Numbering and Location of Medals Logbook
Army Medical Museum Collection, Numbering and Location of Medals Logbook
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of medals at the Army Medical Museum. "On May 26, 1885, there were purchased of Dr. W.R. Lee, of Washington DC, two-hundred and ninety-three medals, then known as the "Lee" collection of Medical Medals. This collection was the nucleus of the "Museum" Collection." This logbook has no descriptive information, only sequential numbers and the drawer locations assigned. No date other than that noted above.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, medals, honoraria, W.R. Lee, medical medals
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Histories of Pathological/Surgical Series I of Drawings (MM 8778)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Histories of Pathological/Surgical Series I of Drawings (MM 8778)
by Army Medical Museum
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History of patients whose cases have been illustrated at the Army Medical Museum. For checklist of plates, see page 231. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, medical illustration
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Illustrations Used in the Publications of the Surgeon General's Office (MM 8746)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Illustrations Used in the Publications of the Surgeon General's Office (MM 8746)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of illustrations used in the publications of the Surgeon General's Office, 1865-1893.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, illustrations
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook, (MM 8758-1)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook, (MM 8758-1)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of miscellaneous items received at the Army Medical Museum, 1867-1877. Lists such items as "Chinese medicine," a pack of playing cards, riding whips, and animal skins. Includes Miscellaneous Section numbers 1-856.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook 1st Series, (MM 8758-2)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Miscellaneous Section VI Logbook 1st Series, (MM 8758-2)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of miscellaneous items received at the Army Medical Museum from 1877-1884. Includes MS numbers 857-1060, and lists such items as a pattern for a splint, catheters, antiseptic spray apparatus, and stone hammers.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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CarryOnAug1918
CarryOnAug1918
by Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army
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A magazine on the reconstruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, World War 1.
Topics: reconstruction, rehabilitation, therapy, vocational therapy, American Red Cross
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Pleasants Photograph Album
Pleasants Photograph Album
by Frances Pleasants
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Photograph album of Frances Pleasants, who taught wounded soldiers at the Army Hospital in Germantown, PA during the Civil War. Presented to her by her patients, it contains photographs of them as well as other Civil War images. Includes albumen cartes-de-visite, tintypes, and newspaper clippings. Note: where image numbers are missing in the sequence, those places in the album are empty and the pages were not digitized.
Topics: Civil War, photograph album
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Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2005
Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2005
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC
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The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2005 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Sharon Weiss, MD, Oral History
Sharon Weiss, MD, Oral History
by Charles Stuart Kennedy, Sharon Weiss
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Oral History of Sharon Weiss, MD, assistant chair and then chair of Soft Tissue Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Recorded March 16, 1992.
Topics: pathology, oral history, soft tissue pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, AFIP
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Annual, 1926
Annual, 1926
by Army School of Nursing, Class of 1926
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Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1926. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses,...
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8759-2)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8759-2)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1875-1879. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1235-1954.
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 1994
Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 1994
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC
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The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 1994 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2003
Medical Museum Excerpt, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annual Report, 2003
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC
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The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2003 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Dr. Enrique Mendez, Jr. Oral History, part 2 of 2
Dr. Enrique Mendez, Jr. Oral History, part 2 of 2
by Enrique Mendez, Jr., Charles Stuart Kennedy
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Oral history of Dr. Enrique Mendez, Jr. Born 1931 in Puerto Rico; M.D. in 1954 from Loyola University in Chicago, joined Army, residency at Brooke General Hospital (San Antonio) in internal medicine, served various places in US, Germany, and Italy till 1970, chief of Medical Corps Career Activities in Washington, D.C. (1970-1973), chief of operations for Health Services Command at Fort Sam Houston (1973-1976), in 1976 became brigadier general and director of health care operations at Surgeon...
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Topics: oral history, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Medical Corps,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 245: Montgomery Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 245: Montgomery Collection
by Janel Whitehart
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The Montgomery collection was donated to the National Museum of Health and Medicine by Alberta Montgomeryâs niece, Martha A. Montgomery, in 1989. The collection contains journals, newspapers, publications, photographs, personal notes, patient information, and training information collected throughout Alberta Montgomeryâs career as a Reconstruction Aide/Occupational Therapist. The collection is a resourceful aid to anyone with an interest in the establishment of the Occupational Therapy field,...
Topics: Alberta Montgomery, Reconstruction Aides, Occupational Therapy, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 224: Maus Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 224: Maus Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection focuses on the medical and army career of Colonel Louis Mervin Maus. The document collection is mostly a chronological survey of Mausâs career and includes orders, correspondence, commendation letters, notices of court-martial hearings for deserters (Maus was on hearing boards), and Congressional acts and bills relating to Maus. Letters from William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, John Harvey Kellogg, and Joseph M. Daniels are included. Slides and photographs by or about Maus...
Topics: Louis Mervin Maus, US Army Medical Board, Department of the South, Department of Dakota,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 29: Curatorial Records, World War I and II Photography and Film Records
Finding Aid for OHA 29: Curatorial Records, World War I and II Photography and Film Records
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection contains materials related to the photographic and motion picture work of the Army during World War I and World War II. Primary source materials include correspondence, reports, and catalogues. Additional materials document the history of this effort.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Curatorial Records, Photography, Film, World War I, World War II
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Finding Aid for OHA 304: Simonds Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 304: Simonds Collection
by Laura Cutter
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Justin F. Simonds was born in Pawlett, Vermont on June 18, 1826. After studying medicine with local doctors, he attended and graduated from Castleton Medical College in June 1851. He relocated to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he practiced medicine until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the War he served as a contract surgeon with the United States Army. From 1863-1864, he was assigned to Jackson Hospital in Memphis, TN. Emma L. Tyler was born in upstate New York on February 1, 1838. She attended...
Topics: Justin F. Simonds, Emma Simonds, Civil War Medicine, Contract Surgeon, Jackson Hospital, U.S....
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Finding Aid for OHA 286.07: Registry of Comparative Pathology Records
Finding Aid for OHA 286.07: Registry of Comparative Pathology Records
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This collection consists of grant applications, records, animal model manuscripts, course materials, exhibit materials, workshop and symposia records, administrative records, animal model photographs, financial records, and comparative pathology bulletins.
Topics: Registry of Comparative Pathology, Animal Models
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Finding Aid for OHA 327: Taggert Venereal Disease Lantern Slides
Finding Aid for OHA 327: Taggert Venereal Disease Lantern Slides
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists of negatives and lantern slides of sexually-transmissible disease conditions given to the Army Medical Museum in 1950 by Dr. Taggert, chief of the venereal diseases section of the Washington, D.C., Public Health Department.
Topics: Venereal Disease, Public Health Department, Sexually-Transmissable Diseases, Lantern Slides
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Finding Aid for OHA 75: Contributed Photographs Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 75: Contributed Photographs Collection
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This is an artificial collection comprised of over 4,000 photographs sent to the Museum by various donors. It includes almost 700 Civil War photographs showing wounded soldiers, ambulances, and hospitals. Also includes images of Western forts and Native American conflicts such as the massacre at Wounded Knee; the Pan-American Exhibition in 1903; medicine in the Philippines and Puerto Rico; the First Balkan War; results of surgery; pathological conditions; normal anatomy; prosthetics;...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Photographs, Civil War, Ambulances, Hospitals, Native American, Pan-American...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 90.75: American Board of Forensic Odontology Records
Finding Aid for OHA 90.75: American Board of Forensic Odontology Records
by Laura Cutter and Ariel Singer
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This collection documents the founding, development, and advancement of the American Board of Forensic Odontology, as well as the professionalization and standardization of the field of forensic odontology. When material was transferred to the National Museum of Health and Medicine, certain sections retained a âroughâ order, but the overall collection did not have any original order. The six series were imposed, in collaboration, by the assistant archivist and collections manager of the...
Topics: American Board of Forensic Odontology, Records, Odontology, Forensics, National Institute of Justice
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Finding Aid for OHA 114: Binford Leprosy Material
Finding Aid for OHA 114: Binford Leprosy Material
by Eric W. Boyle
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Materials in this collection include Public Health Bulletins, reprints, manuscript articles, journals, and photographs related to leprosy. Includes articles and correspondence by Chapman H. Binford, chief of the AFIP Geographic Pathology department. SEE ALSO the Binford Collection, and Earle Papers related to the International Academy of Pathology.
Topics: Chapman Binford, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Leprosy, Geographic Pathology, International...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Army Medical Museum Collection, Comparative Anatomy Section V Logbook, List of Crania and Skeletons of North American Batrachia and Reptilia (MM 9195)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Comparative Anatomy Section V Logbook, List of Crania and Skeletons of North American Batrachia and Reptilia (MM 9195)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens), of amphibians and reptiles of North America. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, comparative anatomy, veterinary, amphibians, reptiles, Army Medical Museum
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Army Medical Museum Collection, Index to Donors of Surgical Section I Specimens (MM 8769)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Index to Donors of Surgical Section I Specimens (MM 8769)
by Army Medical Museum
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Includes numbers Surgical Section (later named the Pathological Section) numbers 1014-6241. No date.
Topics: surgical, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8762)
Army Medical Museum Collection, Anatomical Section IV Logbook (MM 8762)
by Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1876-1884. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1344-2171. This logbook appears mainly to register a transfer of specimens from the Smithsonian, although other donations are included.
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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Finding Aid for OHA 38: Museum Records, Articles and Clippings
Finding Aid for OHA 38: Museum Records, Articles and Clippings
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists primarily of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, arranged chronologically, that reference the Museum or Museum staff. Articles written by Museum staff are also included in this collection, which overlaps and complements OHA 69âMuseum Records: Publications. This collection also includes a few audio and videotapes of media programs. SEE ALSO Museum Records: Education/Public Programs, Levinson Office Files, and the NMHM Audiovisual Collection for related material.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Clippings, Articles, Publications, Museum Records
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 104: Atomic Bomb Material
Finding Aid for OHA 104: Atomic Bomb Material
by Jenny Lemert, 1989; revised by Joan Redding (1994); Mike Rhode (1997); Heather Lindsay (1998); Eric W. Boyle (2012)
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The material in this collection is primarily from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathologyâs Atomic Bomb Unit, which stored specimens and photographs from Hiroshima and Nagasaki (much of it was returned to Japan). The collection includes correspondence, reports, and photographs from the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), Army-Navy Joint Commission, Atomic Energy Commission, and Army Medical College, Tokyo. Additional material includes ephemera and both professional and popular...
Topics: Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, World War II, Radiation Effects, Armed...
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Finding Aid for OHA 268: Patterson Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 268: Patterson Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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Julia Jeannette Deeley was born in Richmond, Indiana to Richard Deeley and Helen Haskin. She was accepted to nursing school at the Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cincinnati , but during her first year came down with typhoid. The hospital subsequently closed the nursing school, so Julia and other nursing students who had advanced sufficiently were employed as district nurses, vising the sick in the lowest part of the city along the river front. The Angels of Rat Row, as the were called, boarded barges...
Topics: Julia Jeannette Deeley Patterson, Army Nurse Corps, Spanish-American War, U.S. Army Hospitals,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 182: Hansen Slides
Finding Aid for OHA 182: Hansen Slides
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists of two notebooks of slides from the Vietnam War donated by a Colonel James L. Hansen on February 25, 1970. One notebook shows 24 cases labeled "War Wounds," with a brief description and patient's last name (Slides # 1-186). The other notebook has slides of Vietnam labeled "Misc. Scenics" (Slides # 187-421).
Topics: James L. Hansen, Vietnam War, War Wounds, Vietnam Scenes
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Finding Aid for OHA 145.1: DeMaio Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 145.1: DeMaio Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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Capt. Marlene DeMaio received a B.S. in Biology from Brown University in Providence, R.I. in 1981. She then went on to complete her graduate training at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia in 1985. Expanding her knowledge further still, she attended postgraduate training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Louisiana State University and the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopedic Center. DeMaio was commissioned into the Navy as a lieutenant commander in July 1992. In 2004, she was awarded the...
Topics: Marlene DeMaio, Body Armor, Protection of Military Forces, Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma Studies,...
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Finding Aid for OHA 302: Siler Photographic Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 302: Siler Photographic Collection
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This collection consists of about 120 photographs belonging to J.F. Siler, U.S. Army Medical Corps. The images show Panama during the building of the canal, including images of mosquito control, drainage, garbage disposal, hospitals, and a leper colony. Siler was director of the Division of Laboratories for the Army Expeditionary Forces during World War I. His contributions to tropical medicine include descriptions of the transmission of dengue and Army policies for typhoid vaccination in World...
Topics: J.F. Siler, U.S. Army Medical Corps, Panama Canal, Division of Laboratories, Army Expeditionary...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 159: Flight Surgeons Report of Aircraft Crashes Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 159: Flight Surgeons Report of Aircraft Crashes Collection
by Laura Cutter
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The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was established in 1926, having formerly been the United States Army Air Service. The USAAC was abolished in 1942 with the development of the United States Army Air Forces, though it remained a branch of the Army until 1947. This collection contains reports submitted by Medical Corps flight surgeons regarding USAAC crashes throughout the United States from 1933 through 1934. The forms include location and personnel information, descriptions of the...
Topics: Unites States Army Air Corps, Medical Corps, Flight Surgeon, Aircraft Crashes, Aircraft Accidents
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Finding Aid for OHA 300: Shell Shock Manuscript
Finding Aid for OHA 300: Shell Shock Manuscript
by Eric W. Boyle
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This manuscript, titled "The Care and Treatment of Mental Diseases and War Neuroses (Shell Shock) in the British Army," was written by Maj. Thomas W. Salmon, U.S. Army Medical Director, National Committee for Mental Hygiene.
Topics: Shell Shock, War Neuroses, Thomas W. Salmon, U.S. Army Medical Director, National Committee for...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 99: Armitage Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 99: Armitage Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists of a book, photograph, and certificates donated by George L. Armitage III in 1985. Armitage was born in 1891 in Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of George L. Armitage and Mary Marshall. He graduated from Chester High School in 1909 and Jefferson Medical College in 1913. He was commissioned as First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1917 and became Captain in 1919. Following his military career, he practiced medicine and surgery in Chester, where he became Chief...
Topics: George L. Armitage, U.S. Army Medical Corps, Chester-Crozer Hospital
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 89: AFIP Oral History Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 89: AFIP Oral History Collection
by Joan Redding (1995); Eric W. Boyle (2012)
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Planned in 1991, the AFIP Oral History Project consists of 23 interviews with former AFIP directors and staff, conducted in 1992 and 1993. Eighteen of the interviews are recorded on videotape; the remaining five are on audiotape cassettes. Charles Stuart Kennedy, director of the Foreign Affairs Oral History Program at Georgetown University, conducted the interviews. The interviews cover the following topics: the subjects' background and education, development of their field, other AFIP staff,...
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Oral History, Medical Museum, AFIP, Charles Stuart Kennedy,...
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Autopsy of President Kennedy
Autopsy of President Kennedy
by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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1965 Report of Lt. Col. Pierre A. Finck regarding his participation in the 1963 autopsy of President John F. Kennedy. Along with Finck's report to AFIP head Dr. Joe Blumberg, he includes segments of the report of the Warren Commission. This is scanned from a photocopy, but the Museum holds the original.
Topics: Kennedy John F.(John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination, Pierre Finck, ballistics
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Gillette Receipts
Gillette Receipts
by Horace C. Gillette, 1801-1878
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A handwritten "receipt" (recipe) book from the late 19th century, of mostly pharmaceutical remedies, including those for asthma, cough, gangrene, "the itch," cholera, and bilious colic, but also for lucifer matches and liquid blacking.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, handmade books, recipe books, home remedies, cbk
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 206.05: Otken Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 206.05: Otken Collection
by Kathleen Stocker (2009); revised by Eric W. Boyle (2014)
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The bulk of the Otken Collection consists of letters written by Dr. Luther Otken to family members and his future wife while he served in the American Expeditionary Forces as a surgeon in World War 1. Other items in the collection are postcards, newspaper clippings, a typed service record, a copy of his discharge certificate from the Army, and a copy of his obituary. Most of his service time was at Base Hospital #22 in Bordeaux, France. He attended training on treatment of fractures and the...
Topics: Luther Otken, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I, Army Surgeon, Carrel-Dakin Treatment
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 108.05: Battocletti Collection
Finding Aid for OHA 108.05: Battocletti Collection
by Eric W. Boyle
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This collection consists primarily of material related to a superconducting magnet, developed at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the 1970s and housed in the National Museum of Health and Medicineâs historical collection. Research on blood flow measurement using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques began at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1970 and a superconducting magnet was eventually built in cooperation with the Intermagnetics General Corporation (IGC) in 1978 for the...
Topics: Joseph Battocletti, Superconducting Magnet, Medical College of Wisconsin, Nuclear Magnetic...

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