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Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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Typewritten text of medical subject matter, captured during the Vietnam War. Many hand-drawn illustrations. Additional handwritten notes. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, orthopedics, surgical
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, orthopedics, surgical
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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The Report of the Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan; Volume VI. by Ashley W. Oughterson, Henry L. Barnett,George V. LeRoy, Jack D. Rosenbaum, Averill A. Liebow, B. Aubrey Schneider, and E. Cuylar Hammond. NP-3041 Office of Air Surgeon July 6, 1951 Army Institute of Pathology
Topics: atomic bomb, pathology, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, Atomic Energy Commission, World War II
Topics: atomic bomb, pathology, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, Atomic Energy Commission, World War II
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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"In the United States" section written by Col. Weston P. Chamberlain, M.C.; "In the American Expeditionary Forces" section written by Lieut. Col. Frank W. Weed, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Sixth 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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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The proceedings of the 7th Saranac Silicosis Symposium, held at Saranac Lake, New York September 22-26, 1952, during Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald’s tenure at the Saranac Laboratory. Includes the September 24, 1952 session on “Pneumoconiosis and Pulmonary Cancer.”
Topics: pneumoconiosis, pulmonary disease, pulmonary cancer, Saranac Conference, 7th Saranac Conference,...
Topics: pneumoconiosis, pulmonary disease, pulmonary cancer, Saranac Conference, 7th Saranac Conference,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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War Department, Commission on Training Camp Activities
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A pamphlet about venereal disease, directed to members of the U.S. military during World War 1.
Topic: World War 1, venereal disease, sexually transmitted diseases
Topic: World War 1, venereal disease, sexually transmitted diseases
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Thirteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1. "Part 1, Physical Reconstruction and Vocational Education" written by Maj. A.G. Crane, S.C. and "Part 2, The Army Nurse Corps" written by Julia C. Stimson, Superintendent, Army Nurse Corps.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
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Prepared, under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army, by George A. Otis, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. Includes a chronological summary of engagements and battles. Covers wounds and injuries of the head, face, neck, spine, and chest.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
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U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
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Prepared under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army, by J.J. Woodward, Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Consists of a series of statistical tables summarizing the monthly reports made to the Surgeon General regarding the Sickness of the Army, Deaths, and Discharges and is arranged into two groups: Part I refers to "Sickness and Mortality of White Troops" and Part II to "Colored Troops."
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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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
Topics: pharmaceuticals, handmade books, recipe books, home remedies, cbk
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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A compilation of four separate films created by or on behalf of Elbert DeCoursey of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission: 1. Japan, October/November 1945 (22 minutes) [Primarily tourist-type footage.] 2. Atomic Bomb Studies - Nagasaki (17 minutes) [Gross tissue and microscope slides of damaged tissue at various intervals post-exposure.] 3. Medical aspects - Atomic Warfare (20 minutes) [Presentation of several people exposed to radiation.] 4. DeCoursey Footage in Japan (1 minute 30 seconds)
Topics: World War 2, WW2, atomic bomb, a-bomb, radiation, Japan, Nagasaki, medicine, Atomic Bomb Casualty...
Topics: World War 2, WW2, atomic bomb, a-bomb, radiation, Japan, Nagasaki, medicine, Atomic Bomb Casualty...
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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 crania and skeletons of birds. No date, but ca. 19th century.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, comparative anatomy, birds, avian, veterinary
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, comparative anatomy, birds, avian, veterinary
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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
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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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
Topics: Kennedy John F.(John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination, Pierre Finck, ballistics
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A description, and directions for use, of illumination equipment that can be used on any Leitz microscope. The Phase Contrast Equipment offers the possibility of adjustable lighting from brightfield to phase contrast to darkfield.
Topic: microscopes, illumination, laboratory equipment
Topic: microscopes, illumination, laboratory equipment
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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
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Clippings, Articles, Publications, Museum Records
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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 1993 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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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
Topics: Guide to Collections, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine, inventory
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Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. A history of the Army Medical Museum and its successor the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Topics: military medicine, pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Civil War, Surgeon General's...
Topics: military medicine, pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Civil War, Surgeon General's...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of photos and anatomical or pathological specimens received at the Army Medical Museum, showing from whom received and/or to whom sent for examination. Dates from 1864-1894.
Topics: army medical museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, photographs
Topics: army medical museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, photographs
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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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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his collection consists of 83 reprints of medical journal articles in the otolaryngology field. The reprints were the collection of Dr. George Kelemen, and were collected by him via mail from otolaryngology specialists around the world. The reprints are in Hungarian, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. Some are signed by the author. Some have a letter or note addressed to Kelemen by the author inside, sometimes with part of their original envelope or postage stamps.
Topics: Otolaryngology, Reprints, George Kelemen
Topics: Otolaryngology, Reprints, George Kelemen
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Written by Col. Charles Lynch, M.C., Col. Joseph H. Ford, M.C., Lieut. Col. Frank W. Weed, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Eighth 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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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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 2002 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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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
Topics: James L. Hansen, Vietnam War, War Wounds, Vietnam Scenes
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Army Medical Museum
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Catalogue or logbook of microscopic preparations at the Army Medical Museum, added after the printed catalogue was issued. Includes numbers 2121-4472. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, microscope slides
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, microscope slides
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Army Medical Museum
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Bibliography of articles written about wounds of the pelvis, assembled for Chapter VII of MSHWR (Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion), arranged alphabetically by the author's last name or the name of the journal in which the article appeared. Journal articles appear to be dated 1820s-1870s. Compiled at the Army Medical Museum.
Topics: bibliography, wounds, MSHWR, Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Army Medical...
Topics: bibliography, wounds, MSHWR, Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Army Medical...
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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...
Topics: Shell Shock, War Neuroses, Thomas W. Salmon, U.S. Army Medical Director, National Committee for...
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U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
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Written by George A. Otis and D.L. Huntington. Covers "Wounds and Injuries of the Lower Extremities," "Miscellaneous Injuries," "Wounds and Complications," "Anesthetics," "The Medical Staff and Materia Chirurgica," and "Transportation of the Wounded."
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
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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...
Topics: Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, World War II, Radiation Effects, Armed...
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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...
Topics: J.F. Siler, U.S. Army Medical Corps, Panama Canal, Division of Laboratories, Army Expeditionary...
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Arthur John Vorwald (1904â1974)would not have considered himself a toxicologist but, as an experimental pathologist with specialization in dust disease of the lung, he became a pioneer of the field. He was one of the first investigators to practice exposure of experimental animals to controlled dust aerosols in inhalation chambers, and numerous early discoveries, including competent description of the lung lesion in asbestosis and the first production of lung cancers in rats with beryllium,...
Topics: Arthur Vorwald, Toxicology, Experimental Pathology, Dust Diseases, Lung Cancer, Asbestosis,...
Topics: Arthur Vorwald, Toxicology, Experimental Pathology, Dust Diseases, Lung Cancer, Asbestosis,...
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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J.J. [Joseph Janvier] Woodward
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Catalog or logbook of india ink and watercolor pathological drawings of the Army Medical Museum's Medical Series. These drawings were all executed by Hermann Faber, hospital steward, US Army, from the original preparations. The color drawings were copied from the fresh pieces, most of which were subsequently preserved in the Army Medical Museum, the india ink sketches from specimens already in spirits in the museum. The selection and arrangement of the specimens for these drawings was...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, medical illustrations, Hermann Faber, J.J. Woodward
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, medical illustrations, Hermann Faber, J.J. Woodward
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2-sided sheet folded into a booklet explaining awards in the United States military. This scan is arranged so that the booklet reads in order.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine Collection
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2-sided sheet folded into a booklet explaining awards in the United States military. This scan is of the two sheets.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature, World War 2, Civil War
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature, World War 2, Civil War
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Berthold Adolf Benecke (1843-1886) earned his medical degree from the University of Königsberg in 1866, where he subsequently became Instructor and Prosector in Anatomy. He worked as a military doctor in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and resumed his prior position at the Anatomic Institute from 1872-1877, before becoming Professor and Chair of Topographical Anatomy. He published several studies in embryology. These two small volumes contain photomicrographs with brief, mostly illegible,...
Topics: Berthold Adolf Benecke, Anatomic Institute, Topographical Anatomy, Embryology, Photomicrograph
Topics: Berthold Adolf Benecke, Anatomic Institute, Topographical Anatomy, Embryology, Photomicrograph
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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
Topics: motion pictures, movies, films, medical, surgical, educational
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Unbound typewritten records of medical and/or scientific subject matter captured during the Vietnam War. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, scientific
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, scientific
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Coal Mines Administration, US Department of the Interior
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(Report of the Coal Mines Administration, 1947), well-illustrated with photographs of life in coal towns.
Topics: Coal Mines Administration, public health, industrial medicine, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,...
Topics: Coal Mines Administration, public health, industrial medicine, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,...
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Captain Alfred J. Ostheimer, M.C., U.S.R, served in the Medical Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces as part of the 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, in World War I. Ostheimer completed medical officers training camp in 1917 and joined the Army Sanitary School in 1918 before serving in France during the war. He suffered injuries form a shell wound to the head in August 1918, and was subsequently relieved of his duties at the Base Hospital No. 34 and reassigned to duty as a Neuropsychiatrist at...
Topics: Alfred J. Ostheimer, American Expeditionary Forces, Army Sanitary School, Neuropsychiatrist,...
Topics: Alfred J. Ostheimer, American Expeditionary Forces, Army Sanitary School, Neuropsychiatrist,...
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Naomi Marilyn Kanof was born January 6, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York to Benjamin and Anne (Bernstein) Kanof. She received a B.A. from George Washington University in 1931 and her M.D. in 1934 from the Medical School. September 8, 1935, she married Max Tendler, also a graduate of George Washington University. She interned at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, 1934-1935, and at the Childrenâs Hospital in Washington, D.C., 1935-1936. Her residency was at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York...
Topics: Naomi Marilyn Kanof, Dermatology, Skin Ulcers, Investigative Dermatology, Journal of the American...
Topics: Naomi Marilyn Kanof, Dermatology, Skin Ulcers, Investigative Dermatology, Journal of the American...
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This collection consists of photographs from museum exhibits. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and name.
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Exhibit Division, Photographs
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Exhibit Division, Photographs
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Catalogue or logbook of woodcuts used in circulars issued by the Surgeon General's Office and in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. No date.
Topics: catalog, Army Medical Museum, logbook, woodcuts, illustrations, medical illustrations
Topics: catalog, Army Medical Museum, logbook, woodcuts, illustrations, medical illustrations
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This collection consists of the papers of Clark J. Hollister, DDS, an early dental hygiene advocate who established the dental division of the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 1920 and served as its director until 1933. Materials in the collection include photographs, speeches, correspondence, articles, certificates, a yearbook, and newspaper clippings documenting mobile dental hygiene units, dentistry in World War I, and state public health efforts.
Topics: Clark J. Hollister, Dentistry, Dental Division, Dental Hygiene Units, Dentistry in World War I
Topics: Clark J. Hollister, Dentistry, Dental Division, Dental Hygiene Units, Dentistry in World War I
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J.W.S. Arnold was a professor of physiology in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New-York. Arnold advertised his pioneering photomicrograph services for âcommercial, medico-legal, and other purposesâ in The American Monthly Microscopical Journal in the 1880s. This single volume of photomicrographs contains twenty-one images. A stamp on the inside of the book suggests it was donated to the Surgeon Generalâs Office at the time of publication.
Topics: J.W.S. Arnold, Photomicrographs, Physiology
Topics: J.W.S. Arnold, Photomicrographs, Physiology
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This collection contains biographical information on Museum curators, Museum staff, and affiliated researchers. Files on most of the individuals include a biographical data sheet, which details their history of work with museum, educational background, and publications. Additional materials include articles (original, copies, and reprints), bibliographies, correspondence, clippings, commemorations, certificates, conference and symposia publications, photographs and other images, and manuscripts...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Biographical Files, Museum Records, Curators
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Biographical Files, Museum Records, Curators
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Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), Subsection II of injuries and surgical diseases of the lower animals, ca. 1860s.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, veterinary
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, veterinary
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Fifteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1. Written by Maj. Albert G. Love, M.C., U.S. Army.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office
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Prepared under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General, United States Army, by Joseph Janvier Woodward, Surgeon, United States Army.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Medical care, United...
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Medical care, United...
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Army Medical Museum
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Index of patients and contributors of cases of hip amputations. Patients listed by name and regiment. These are loose pages that accompany the bound book uploaded under the same title. Dates from 1867.
Topics: catalog, index, amputations, George Otis, G.A. Otis, Army Medical Museum
Topics: catalog, index, amputations, George Otis, G.A. Otis, Army Medical Museum
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Dr. Norman M. Rich donated the Dr. Norman Rich Papers (MSS015) to the USU Archives between 2006 and 2013. He continues to donate records to the collection on an ongoing basis. Due to related holdings here at the NMHM, Dr. Rich agreed to transfer a portion of these records, which constitute the bulk of the collection in OHA 288.9. Included in this collection are the operation and clinical files from the 2nd Surgical Hospital, including 2nd Surgical Hospital APO 96490 Discharge Summaries and...
Topics: Norman M. Rich, Vietnam, 2nd Surgical Hospital, Wound Ballistics
Topics: Norman M. Rich, Vietnam, 2nd Surgical Hospital, Wound Ballistics
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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 1879-1888. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1955-2840.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, anatomical specimens
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, anatomical specimens
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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
Topics: Arthur E. MacNeill, MacNeill-Collins Dialyzer, Kidney Dialysis, Blood Pump
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oan Redding (1997); Updated by Kathleen Stocker (2010); Revised by Eric W. Boyle (2013)
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Named after Major Walter Reed, the Army surgeon who discovered the cause of yellow fever, the Walter Reed General Hospital opened in 1909. After the Army Medical School, Army Dental School, Army School of Nursing, and other training facilities were established near the hospital, the campus became the Army Medical Center in 1923. In 1951, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Walter Reed, the center became the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). The Army acquired the Forest Glen Annex in...
Topics: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, Army Medical School, Walter Reed,...
Topics: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, Army Medical School, Walter Reed,...
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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 1996 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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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
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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Notebook of medical recipes with dosages. Probably belonged to William C. Williams, whose name appears on the flyleaf.
Topics: William C. Williams, Medical Recipes, Medical Dosage
Topics: William C. Williams, Medical Recipes, Medical Dosage
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Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of items received at the Army Medical Museum for all collections: Surgical/Pathological, Medical, Microscopical, Comparative Anatomy, and Miscellaneous. No numbering system used in the catalog. Dates from 1877-1894.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, microscope...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, microscope...
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This collection consists of a booklet prepared by the staff of the Hermann M. Biggs Memorial Hospital in Ithaca, New York in 1955, along with accompanying color photographs of sixty-three images 10.5â x 13.5â in size, at 15X magnification. Figures 1-7 depict the development of the normal lung; figures 8-27 the variety of tuberculous lesions of bronchi; figures 28-45 the coexistence of tuberculosis and bronchiectasis; figures 46-61 bronchiectasis in the absence of significant tuberculosis; and...
Topics: Tuberculosis, Lesions, Bronchi, Bronchiectasis, Hermann M. Biggs Memorial Hospital
Topics: Tuberculosis, Lesions, Bronchi, Bronchiectasis, Hermann M. Biggs Memorial Hospital
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This collection consists of seven logbooks of the Naval Examining Board recording admissions and promotions in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps, Medical Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Senior Board of Medical Examiners.
Topics: U.S. Naval Examining Board, U.S. Navy Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, Senior...
Topics: U.S. Naval Examining Board, U.S. Navy Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, Senior...
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Joseph Woodward & Edward Curtis
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Wet tissue and microscopical slide specimens from the American Civil War in the Museum.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, surgery, tuberculosis, microscopy
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, surgery, tuberculosis, microscopy
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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 1867-1869. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1-534.
Topics: catalog, logbook, anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum
Topics: catalog, logbook, anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum
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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 882-1477, renumbered as PS (Pathological Section) numbers 8331-8927. Dates from 1864-1879.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, diseases, anatomical specimens
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, diseases, anatomical specimens
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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
Topics: Army Medical Museum, wounds, catalogs, logbooks, bibliography
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John H. Draize was born May 21, 1900 in Brussels, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin where he received his B.S. in 1922 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1931. He married Iva De Keyser in 1928 and they had two children, William and James. He worked in Wyoming from 1931-1935 as an Assistant Pharmacologist at an experimental station researching the toxicity of plants. In 1935 he obtained a position at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland where he worked as a toxicologist from 1935-1939. In...
Topics: John H. Draize, Dermal Toxicity, Draize Tests, Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Food and Drug...
Topics: John H. Draize, Dermal Toxicity, Draize Tests, Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Food and Drug...
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Army Medical Museum
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Catalog or logbook of the History of Specimens and Inventory of Specimen Preparation at the Army Medical Museum, 1863-1864? In some cases the method of preparation of the specimens is noted (wet, wood, etc.).
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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"Based on observations made on draft recruits, 1917-1918, and on veterans at demobilization, 1919." Written by Charles B. Davenport, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Formerly Major S.C., U.S.A.) and Albert G. Love, Major, M.C., U.S.A. Published by the Government Printing Office. Fifteenth 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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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The collection consists of correspondence and special orders between E. DeW. Breneman (sometimes spelled Brenneman, Brenemann, or Brennerman) and other officials during the Civil War, donated to the Museum in 1964. Correspondence includes sixty-two letters detailing the responsibility of medical officers to receive and transport specimens to Surgeon General Brinton at the Medical Museum in Washington DC, along with letters detailing the role of enlisted men in assisting Breneman in his work in...
Topics: E. DeW. Breneman, Civil War, Medical, Surgical, Specimen
Topics: E. DeW. Breneman, Civil War, Medical, Surgical, Specimen
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This collection consists of a scrapbook created by Gertrude Smith documenting her service as a nurse from 1918 to 1921 at Camp Mills, Long Island; Camp Pike, Arkansas; Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC; and Camp Eustis, Virginia. Most of the photographs document the social activities and daily lives of nurses, doctors, and patients at the various hospitals. The 1918 influenza epidemic is also documented in this collection. While the primary materials are photographs, the collection...
Topics: Gertrude Smith, Nursing History, Camp Mills, Camp Pike, Walter Reed General Hospital, Camp Eustis,...
Topics: Gertrude Smith, Nursing History, Camp Mills, Camp Pike, Walter Reed General Hospital, Camp Eustis,...
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This photograph album belonged to Frances Pleasants, who taught wounded soldiers at the Army hospital in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Presented by her patients, it contains photographs of them as well as other Civil War images. Includes albumen cartes-de-visite, tintypes, and newspaper clippings. Available for download at www.archive.org. Not all of the photographs are labeled, but information exists for individuals and subjects, organized alphabetically.
Topics: Frances Pleasants, Civil War Photography
Topics: Frances Pleasants, Civil War Photography
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Written by Maj. Albert S. Bowen, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Fourth 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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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Jeanne Levin served as NMHM tour coordinator in the 1990s. Series in this collection reflect the following major subject areas: administrative material, museum attendance, tours, and the volunteer docent program. The records also include information about other museums as well as a wealth of background and research material on the subject of the NMHM, its exhibits, and a variety of subjects in the history of medicine field that the NMHM engaged over the period of her tenure.
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Tour Coordinator, Jeanne Levin
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Tour Coordinator, Jeanne Levin
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Amanda Montgomery (2006); Eric W. Boyle (2012)
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This collection consists of autopsy reports and 76 photographs mounted on cardboard. Images are primarily autopsy and clinical photographs from American Expeditionary Forces hospitals in Vichy, France. Also includes images of the hospitals and staff; many have captions. Some of the photographs were possibly taken by the eight staff members of the Army Medical Museum who were dispatched to France (Vichy, Dijon, Paris and Chaumont) in Sept. 1918, to take over the role of collecting medical...
Topics: American Expeditionary Forces, Hospitals, World War I, Army Medical Museum, Photographs
Topics: American Expeditionary Forces, Hospitals, World War I, Army Medical Museum, Photographs
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Medical and surgical instruments from the M.G. Trouvé company, 1872. Excerpted from "les Mondes," May 9 and 16, 1872.
Topics: medical instruments, catalogs, surgeon's instruments
Topics: medical instruments, catalogs, surgeon's instruments
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US Army Surgeon General's Office
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Written by Col. Edwin P. Wolfe, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Third 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,...
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
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The notebook consists of handwritten recipes for various medicines, both Dr. Horace C. Gillette of East Windsor, Connecticut, and those attributed to other doctors, along with dosage information. It includes treatments for ailments such as rheumatism, cholera, dropsies, measles, itch, asthma, bilious colic, ringworm, purulent discharge, amenorrhea, hemorrhagia, dysentery, fever, burns, headache, hygiene pills, jaundice, cough, and toothache.
Topics: Receipt Book, Horace C. Gillette, 19th Century, Medical Treatment, Dosage Information
Topics: Receipt Book, Horace C. Gillette, 19th Century, Medical Treatment, Dosage Information
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