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An unofficial blog about the National Museum of Health and Medicine (nee the Army Medical Museum) in Silver Spring, MD. Visit for news about the museum, new projects, musing on the history of medicine and neat pictures.
Monday, May 5, 2014
New medical museum in Louisiana
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Indiana Historical Medical Museum theft
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Police discover more items in stolen brains investigation ... brains and other artifacts from the Indiana Historical Medical Museum after police recovered several boxes of allegedly stolen surgical instruments. | |
May 7: Lecture on wounded Civil War soldiers at Smithsonian
Chapel Hill
"Visualizing 'The Real War': Disabled Civil War Veterans and the U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office"
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum's McEvoy Auditorium, located at 8th and G Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
Friday, April 25, 2014
NMHM mentioned in article on the Corcoran Gallery
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
NMHM's embryology collection in Bull. of History of Medicine
From: Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Volume 88, Number 1, Spring 2014
pp. 132-160 | 10.1353/bhm.2014.0002
Summary:
Between 1932 and 1963 University of Pittsburgh anatomist Davenport Hooker, Ph.D., performed and filmed noninvasive studies of reflexive movement on more than 150 surgically aborted human fetuses. The resulting imagery and information would contribute substantially to new visual and biomedical conceptions of fetuses as baby-like, autonomous human entities that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Hooker's methods, though broadly conforming to contemporary research practices and views of fetuses, would not have been feasible later. But while Hooker and the 1930s medical and general public viewed live fetuses as acceptable materials for nontherapeutic research, they also shared a regard for fetuses as developing humans with some degree of social value. Hooker's research and the various reactions to his work demonstrate the varied and changing perspectives on fetuses and fetal experimentation, and the influence those views can have on biomedical research.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Last 'Radium Girl' dead?
Mae Keane, Whose Job Brought Radium to Her Lips, Dies at 107
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Mrs. Keane, one of the so-called radium girls, was employed at the Waterbury Clock Company in the 1920s when a relatively new material, radium, was used.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Heard embryology models at Medical Museum
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Local man's father honored with national embryology exhibition ... and to attend an exhibit on Tuesday that celebrates their father's work in research embryology at the National Museum of Health and Medicine.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Army Medical Museum's Shufeldt was an unattractive character
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Museum Files: Audubon legacy outshines scandal
In 1882, Shufeldt was named curator in the Army Medical Museum. He retired in 1891 with a disability for heart disease. Shufeldt had a thirst for ...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Dr Damann speaks to students about forensic anthropology
Scientists share experiences with students to encourage interest in ... Franklin Damann, forensic anthropologist at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, spoke to students at Rockville High School ... | |
Friday, January 24, 2014
Newly-created digital archives from African-American psychiatric hospital
Digital Archive to House 100 Years of Historical Documents from World's First Black Mental Institution; UT Scholar Tells Forgotten Story of African-American Psychiatric Patients
Released: 1/23/2014 12:00 PM EST
Source Newsroom: University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Caricature at the Wellcome Library is online
Artists' Caricatures Show The Macabre History Of Medicine
The Huffington Post | By Sara GatesPosted: 01/22/2014http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/history-of-medicine-photos-wellcome-images_n_4645670.html
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Mutter Museum's Civil War exhibit
Stark Reminders of How Uncivil a War It Was
'Broken Bodies, Suffering Spirits' at the Mütter Museum
By DENISE GRADYJAN. 20, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Indiana Medical History Museum profiled after brain thefts
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Friday, January 17, 2014
National Library of Medicine's World War I digitization
Newly found dissection photo
Monday, January 13, 2014
Jan 22: Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels
On January 22 the Chemical Heritage Foundation will present a live webcast exploring how graphic novels, comic books, and animation are used to tell true stories about science. Titled "Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels," the webcast will feature graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and historian of science Bert Hansen. Our guests will discuss the power of visual media in telling history.
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm is the author of Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb, which merges text and imagery to vividly detail the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bombs.
Bert Hansen is professor of history of science and medicine at Baruch College of The City University of New York. His book, Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio, shows how mass-media images both shaped and reflected popular attitudes to medicine from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Professor Hansen has also contributed to Chemical Heritage magazine.
You are invited to watch this discussion via webcast. "Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels" will air at 6:30 p.m. EST at chemheritage.org/histchem.
For further information contact Michal Meyer via e-mail at MMeyer@chemheritage.org or call her at 215 873-8217.
Friday, January 10, 2014
West Virginia medical museum proposed
Doctor hopes to bring children's medical museum to the city Huntington Herald Dispatch Dr. Ali Oliashirazi laid out his plans for the Huntington Children's Medical Museum during his inaugural presidential address at the society's first ... |
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Mutter Museum specimen used to track cholera dna
With Help of Victims From 1849, Scientists Decode Early Strain of Cholera
JAN. 8, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Turkish medical museum to open
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EXHIBITIONS > Seljuk Museum set to open in central Anatolian ... Hurriyet Daily News Some parts of the museum will focus on the Seljuk civilization and other parts have been organized as a medical museum, which highlights the ... | | |||
Friday, January 3, 2014
Brain samples stolen from Indiana medical museum
Brain samples stolen from Indiana medical museum nwitimes.com INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a man stole brain samples of long-dead mental patients from the Indiana Medical History Museum that were ... | |
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Daily Heller blog on French medical packaging.
More French Medical Fun
Vintage medical and medicinal products in France are designed second to none. The typographic flair and aesthetic joie de vivre are apparent in all the sundries and druggist's wares. Here are a few I just picked up.
http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/more-french-medical-fun/
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
BUMED's 1500th item uploaded to Medical Heritage Library is WW2 POW journal
https://archive.org/details/KentnersJournal
Kentner's Journal.
Bilibid Prison, Manila, P.I. from 12-8-41 to 2-5-45.
A Daily Journal of Events Connected with the Personnel of the U. S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, CANACAO, P. I . From the Outbreak of the War in the Philippine Islands 12-8-41 Until the Liberation of Bilibid Prison
2-8-45.
By Robert W. Kentner, PhM1c USN
A Prisoner in Bilibid
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This journal was presented to the Hospital Corps Archives Unit, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, by the Author, on 21 April, 1945, after his arrival as a repatriated prisoner of war at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md.
Michael Rhode
Archivist / Curator
US Navy BUMED Office of Medical History
703-681-2539
michael.rhode@med.navy.mil
mailing address:
7700 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA 22042
physical address:
BUMED Detachment, Falls Church.
Four Skyline Place, Suite 602,
5113 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
Monday, December 2, 2013
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh gets new funding
Historical medical museum to get multi-million pound upgrade stv.tv An Edinburgh museum - home to one of the UK's largest and most historic collection of surgical pathology artefacts - is to be transformed with the help of a £2.7 ...
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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's museum to get £2.7 ... BBC News Open to the public since 1832, it is Scotland's oldest medical museum. The museum charts the transition of medicine from witchcraft through to science. |
Nice "found" bit of history on artificial legs, ca. 1885.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
NMHM's Resolved exhibit gets second life
Katy woman remembers her dad who never came home from Vietnam Houston Chronicle Who: The Health Museum, in cooperation with the Texas Capital Vietnam Veterans Monument and the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring ... |
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
NMHM exhibit reviewed in Journal of American History
Journal of American History
Dec 2013
National Museum of Health and Medicine
National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Fort Detrick Forest Glen Annex, Silver Spring, Md. http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/.
Permanent exhibition, opened May 2012. 5,000 sq. ft. Adrienne Noe, museum director; Gallagher & Associates, exhibit planning and design; KlingStubbins in coordination with the Baltimore district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, architecture and engineering.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Nov 19: NLM History of Medicine Lecture features Smithsonian
be held on Tuesday, November 19, from 2pm to 3pm in the Lister Hill
Auditorium, Building 38A, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
Diane Wendt, Associate Curator, National Museum of American History, will
speak on "Vessels, Tubes and Tanks: Historic Biotechnologies at the
Smithsonian," which marks the opening of the new NLM exhibition "From DNA
to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry." The exhibition will
be on display in the History of Medicine Division from November 2013 to
May 2014 and have an online presence to reach a wide public audience.
Drawing from the collections of the National Library of Medicine and the
National Museum of American History, From DNA to Beer will help to promote
public understanding of the dynamic relationship between microbes,
technology, and science and medicine.
All are welcome.
Sign language interpretation is provided. Individuals with disabilities
who need reasonable accommodation to participate may contact Stephen
Greenberg at 301-435-4995, e-mail
greenbes@mail.nih.gov<mailto:greenbes@mail.nih.gov>, or the Federal Relay
(1-800-877-8339).
Due to current security measures at NIH, off-campus visitors are advised
to consult the NLM Visitors and Security website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html
Sponsored by:
NLM's History of Medicine Division
Jeffrey S. Reznick, PhD, Chief
Event contact:
Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
Coordinator of Public Services
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine, NIH
301-435-4995
greenbes@mail.nih.gov<mailto:greenbes@mail.nih.gov>
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Nazi Anatomists article on Slate
The Nazi Anatomists
How the corpses of Hitler's victims are still haunting modern science—and American abortion politics.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2013/11/nazi_anatomy_history_the_origins_of_conservatives_anti_abortion_claims_that.html
Friday, October 25, 2013
New book: THE LUCKY FEW: The Fall of Saigon and the Rescue Mission of the USS Kirk
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Famous Tumors on Radiolab
When we first released Famous Tumors, Rebecca Skloot's book about the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks (and her famous cells) had just hit the shelves. Since then, some interesting things have happened to both Henrietta's cells and her family. So, 4 years later, we have a newly updated show!
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Podcasts
More RECOMMENDED LINKS
- Famous Tumors Check out the full episode details here (including more links and guest names)
- 1956 video of HeLa cells in the lab
This hour, we poke and prod at the good, bad, and ugly sides of tumors -- from the growth that killed Ulysses S. Grant, to mushy lumps leaping from the faces of infected Tasmanian Devils, to a mass that awakened a new (though pretty strange) kind of euphoria for one man. Plus, the updated story of one woman's medically miraculous cancer cells, and how they changed modern science and, eventually, her family's understanding of itself.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
History of medicine articles in today's Washington Post
Washington museums' hidden treasures
By Roger Catlin,
Washington Post October 13 2013
Three of these are medical and Judy Chelnick and Diane Wendt are quoted -
Jarvik-7 artificial heart
National Museum of American History
Marie Curie's radium
National Museum of American History
White Eagle's Indian Rattle Snake Oil Liniment
National Museum of American History
and this wirestory is making the rounds -
Einstein's brain a wonder of connectedness
By Melissa Healy,
Washington Post October 13 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Other Civil War legs in DC besides Daniel Sickles
The Leg of Ulric Dahlgren
Tim KOct 01, 2013
http://ghostsofdc.org/2013/10/01/the-leg-of-ulric-dahlgren/
NATIONAL Museum of Health and Medicine open in spite of government shutdown.
Who needs the Smithsonian and National Gallery when there's the Medical Museum?
By John Kelly,
Since it's a federal government museum, and I don't see how it can be open during a government shutdown. The Museum director is a GS government employee. Especially if the contractors have no federal employees to supervise them. Unless they've added a uniformed military presence to their supervisory chain...
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Mutter Museum features Civil War medicine
Philly's Mutter Museum sharpens focus on the Civil War's slain and ... Newsworks.org "So the Army created the Army Medical Museum during the war, in Washington. There was a standing order for physicans in the field -- when they see something ... |
Thursday, September 5, 2013
BUMED's Office of Medical History's 1000th item added to the Medical Heritage Library
The Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's Office of Medical History is uploading their 1000th item to the Medical Heritage Library (http://www.medicalheritage.org/ ). Oddly enough, the item, a logbook from Dr. James Ambler, is not medical. Instead it documents polar weather conditions.
In 1883, Lieutenants Giles B. Harber and William H. Schuetze journeyed to Siberia's Lena Delta to retrieve the bodies and personal effects of the crew of USS Jeannette, an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole. Among the remains was the body of Passed Assistant Surgeon James Markham
Ambler (1848-1881), his personal journal and a logbook of atmospheric conditions that he maintained throughout the expedition (1879-1881). One hundred and thirty years later, Dr. Ambler's journal and weather observations, in the respective collections of the National Archives
(NARA) and the Bureau of Medicine (BUMED), are to be used in the "Old Weather" project (http://www.oldweather.org/ ) headed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and NARA. BUMED's historians brought the logbook to NARA which photographed it in 2012. Volunteers at the "Old Weather" project, which uses Navy logs to track climate, should soon finish the official deck logs and be able to work on transcribing Ambler's log (http://www.oldweather.org/ships/50a27fd77438ae05bd000002 ).
Two versions of "Atmospheric Observations on board U.S. Arctic Steamer Jeannette, 1879-1881" are being uploaded for use in different viewers - the double page where a reader can see the entire page for the day is at http://archive.org/details/JeannetteAtmosphericObservationsLogdoublePages
The single page version, which may work better on tablets, is at
http://archive.org/details/JeannetteAtmosphericObservationsLogsinglePages
For all of the items uploaded by BUMED, click https://archive.org/details/usnavybumedhistoryoffice
Adding to the value of items in the MHL, a full-text search of the interiors of publications is provided by Harvard University's Countway Library. Updated once a month, this feature can be used at the MHL homepage at http://www.medicalheritage.org/
Attached is an image of Ambler, taken from a historical plaque in the
Office's collections and a picture of the logbook cover
James L. Monro, FRCS (1939 - 2013), great-grandson of Major Walter Reed.
His son, MG Reed (1877-1956) married Lucy Blackford and they had two daughters, Mary and Landon.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
NLM's blog on Shauna Devine's talk on the Army Medical Museum
has an interview. Her book comes out in February and I'm looking
forward to it.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
The Passing of Nancy Dosch, NLM film curator
I was very sorry to receive this today, although I've known Nancy was in poor health for months. She was a great help and resource to me both at the Medical Museum, and now at BUMED.
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Dear Colleagues,
It saddens me greatly to inform you that Nancy Dosch, our dear colleague, has passed following a valiant fight for her health.
We will remember Nancy together for her infectious love of NLM's world-renowned audiovisual collections, and for her unwavering enthusiasm toward projects of scholarship, education, and public history that sought to reveal the value of the moving image.
Paul Theerman, who worked with Nancy for many years, has shared the following thoughts:
"Nancy was an esteemed colleague who has always had a real presence among us. Her work is now cut short. She belonged to a small community of audiovisual archivists working on the premier medium of the 20th century. Nancy's loss will be keenly felt among her peers. At NLM what I remember especially is her great dedication to the collection, its development, preservation, and cataloging. I remember her giving freely of her time with people coming to use the collections. I remember her dedicated work with donors, before and after the donation, especially those like Dr. Martine Work, whose husband, Dr. Telford Work, had created his films as home movies; some of them are now up in NLM's digital collections. I remember the discussions that she and I had over the historical audiovisuals collection, and while we did not always agree, I always admired her dedication and commitment, and I think that the collections are better for it!"
Personally, I will remember and always appreciate Nancy for her expertise, her generosity, and her sense of humor. I miss her already, as I am sure many of you do also, and I ask you to please join me in remembering Nancy for all she gave to the NLM during her thirteen-year tenure here as head of the historical audiovisual program within the History of Medicine Division.
Nancy received her doctorate in history from The Johns Hopkins University, completing her thesis entitled "Exploring alternatives: The Use of exercise as a medical therapeutic in mid-nineteenth century America," a copy of which, of course, is available here at the NLM.
Nancy dedicated her thesis to her parents, and to her father "whose love of history became a living legacy." Nancy's father would be proud that her love of history has been – and will remain – a legacy here at the NLM.
Funeral and related arrangements have yet to be announced; they will be forwarded when available.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey S. Reznick, PhD
Chief, History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health
Monday, August 26, 2013
NLM History of Medicine Lecture on Medical Museum and SG Library
You are cordially invited to the next NLM History of Medicine lecture,
to be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., in
the Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Building
38A, Bethesda, MD.
"The Civil War, the Army Medical Museum, and the Surgeon General's
Library: Medical Practice and the Science of American Medicine"
Shauna Devine, PhD; Western University, London, Ontario
All are welcome.
Sign language interpretation is provided. Individuals with
disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate may
contact Stephen Greenberg at 301-435-4995, e-mail
greenbes@mail.nih.gov, or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
Due to current security measures at NIH, off-campus visitors are
advised to consult the NLM Visitors and Security website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html
Sponsored by:
NLM's History of Medicine Division
Jeffrey S. Reznick, PhD, Chief
Event contact:
Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
Coordinator of Public Services
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine, NIH
301-435-4995
greenbes@mail.nih.gov
Monday, August 12, 2013
US Navy's BUMED's Office of Medical History interruption in service
For the next four weeks, limited reference services will be available. Telephone service has been interrupted, and voice mail messages should not be left.
Contacts are Archivist Michael Rhode at michael.rhode@med.navy.mil
or Historian Andre Sobocinski at andre.sobocinski@med.navy.mil
Friday, August 9, 2013
Renowned Vascular Surgeon to Complete Donating His Vietnam War Medical Collection to NMHM
Thursday, August 8, 2013
800th item uploading to Medical Heritage Library by BUMED
Michael Rhode
Archivist / Curator
US Navy BUMED Office of Medical History
703-681-2539
michael.rhode@med.navy.mil
mailing address:
7700 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA 22042
physical address:
BUMED Detachment, Falls Church.
Four Skyline Place, Suite 602,
5113 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Museum Bridges Gap between Medicine of the Past and Medicine of the Future
Museum Bridges Gap between Medicine of the Past and Medicine of the Future
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John K. Hamilton NSAB Public Affairs staff writer
http://www.dcmilitary.com/article/20130801/NEWS11/130809982/museum-bridges-gap-between-medicine-of-the-past-and-medicine-of-the
Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 The Journal
Monday, July 1, 2013
600th item uploaded to Medical Heritage Library by Navy Office of Medical History
United States Navy Medical News Letter Vol. 40 No. 12, 21 December 1962
Circulating Now blog, from the NLM's History of Medicine Division
On behalf of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of
Medicine, I am pleased to invite you to the launch of our new blog,
Circulating Now, which is intended to encourage greater exploration and
discovery of one of the world's largest and most treasured history of
medicine collections.
Circulating Now will bring the NLM's diverse historical collections to
life in new and exciting ways for researchers, educators, students, and
anyone else who is interested in the history of medicine. Whether you are
familiar with NLM's historical collections, or you are discovering them
for the first time, Circulating Now will be an exciting and engaging
resource to bookmark, share, and discuss with other readers.
Kicking off Circulating Now will be a series of posts that draws on the
NLM's historical collections and associated others to reenact in a unique
way a tumultuous event in medical and American history which occurred 132
years ago this summer: the assassination of, and attempts to save, our
nation's twentieth President, James A. Garfield.
Come visit Circulating Now at:
http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/
Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
Coordinator of Public Services
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Bethesda, MD
301-435-4995
greenbes@mail.nih.gov<mailto:greenbes@mail.nih.gov>
Sunday, June 30, 2013
DOD Live at National Museum of Health and Medicine
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National Museum of Health and Medicine | DoDLive It's not a freak show, it's all at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Read More. Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News | Tagged 25 million ... www.dodlive.mil/.../national-museum-of-health-and-medicine/ |
Monday, June 24, 2013
7 medical museums
7 unusual medical museums -
in addition to the NMHM, there's a couple on here I didn't know about.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Medical trade literature
One of the strengths of the NMHM's archives is it's trade literature / advertising material in the GMPI collection. Here's Steve Heller's Daily Heller blog pointing out the designer of Upjohn's Scope magazine | |||
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The May-June 1955 issue of Print magazine, co-edited by Leo Lionni, was pretty special. In addition to Lioinni's bi-monthly injection of art and art history into the editorial mix of the magazine, an insert written and designed by Will Burtin titled "A Program in Print: Upjohn and Design" is seamlessly folded into the magazine. |
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Eben Smith, Civil War amputee
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"Indomitable Will" saved local Civil War amputee Fenceviewer Photo Courtesy Surgeon Genera;'s Office, Army Medical Museum FRANKLIN — Bayview Cemetery is the final resting place of a Civil War soldier who survived ... |