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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Staying Alive: A Look at the Medical Field in Putnam County

Visiting my inlaws over the holidays, I stumbled upon this nice little exhibit in Cookeville, Tennessee at the Cookeville History Museum on the medical history of the county. There's some stuff I haven't seen before in it, like the X-ray viewer, and some good archival records too. "Staying Alive: A Look at the Medical Field in Putnam County" is on through January 17 2009.

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Physician's electrical cabinet

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Diagnostic instruments, bandages, splints.

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Drugs and pharmaceuticals.

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X-ray equipment.

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Note the sterilizer iin the corner.

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Examination chair.

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Birthing table.

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Atropine for nerve gas from Vietnam War.

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Walter Reed's dinnerware.

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Doctors in Vietnam War.

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Wheelchair from a doctor's office.

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