Wednesday, March 15, 2017

March 21: Shelley McKellar speaks on artificial hearts at NLM

[I saw a much earlier version of this research, and recommend this].

You are cordially invited to the next NLM History of Medicine lecture, to be held on Tuesday, March 21, from 2pm to 3:30pm in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. This special program will be the first annual NLM Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine. This is a new annual lecture at the NLM which honors the legacy of Michael E. DeBakey as it exists in modern medical practice and in the ongoing public service of the NLM.

This year, there will be two speakers at this inaugural event:

"'Intentional Impact' The Legacy of Michael E. DeBakey Beyond the Operating Room"

Shelley McKellar, PhD, The Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, Associate Professor, with Joint Appointment with the Department of Surgery, Western University, Canada

"A Brief Look at Michael E. DeBakey's Role in Establishing the National Library of Medicine as It Is Today"

George P. Noon, MD, Professor of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine is supported by a generous gift to the NLM by the Michael E. DeBakey Medical Foundation

This lecture will be live-streamed globally, and subsequently archived, by NIH VideoCasting:

https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=22006&bhcp=1

All are welcome.

Sign language interpretation is provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate may contact Stephen Greenberg at 301-827-4577, e-mail stephen.greenberg@nih.gov, or via the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).

In addition, we warmly welcome you to visit our blog, "Circulating Now," where you can learn more about the collections and related programs of the History of Medicine Division of the NLM:

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/

Here also you can read interviews with previous lecturers:

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/tag/lecture/

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

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Rhode & Conner blog on Civil War plastic surgery

Mending the Broken Faces of War

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Search for new Director - Florence Nightingale Museum in London

The Board of Trustees are currently recruiting for a new Director at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London – please see link below.

https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6470232/director/

The Florence Nightingale Museum

Museum: 020 7188 4400

Direct line: 020 7188 2830

FOR MORE DETAILS:

www.florence-nightingale.co.uk

Margaret Humprhies on Civil War Medicine

The Marrow of Tragedy: Disease and Diversity in Civil War Medicine

http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2017/02/15/the-marrow-of-tragedy-disease-and-diversity-in-civil-war-medicine/

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Edward Jenner Museum in financial trouble

Museum At The Birthplace Of Vaccination Needs Booster Dose Of Funds To Stay Open

Tara Haelle

Jan 31, 2017

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2017/01/31/museum-at-birthplace-of-vaccination-needs-booster-dose-of-funds-to-stay-open/#d955ceb48cd1

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Medical illustration blog at National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Military Medical Illustration: A Civil War Invention?

by JTH Connor and Michael Rhode

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Medical photography of the plague

What are Medical Photographs of Plague?

By remedianetwork / January 31, 2017
https://remedianetwork.net/2017/01/31/what-are-medical-photographs-of-plague/

Ukranian pharmacy museum profiled

Under the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/under-the-black-eagle-pharmacy-museum

Monday, January 23, 2017

Michael Sappol on medical photography

Anatomy's Photography: Objectivity, showmanship and the reinvention of the anatomical image 1860-1950

By remedianetwork / January 23, 2017 /

https://remedianetwork.net/2017/01/23/anatomys-photography-objectivity-showmanship-and-the-reinvention-of-the-anatomical-image-1860-1950/

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Alexandria's real Civil War hospital featured on NLM blog

Mercy Street's Mansion House Hospital

By Stephen J. Greenberg

January 19, 2017

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/01/19/mercy-streets-mansion-house-hospital/#like-10817

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

University at Buffalo Museum of Neuroanatomy featured on tv

Unique Places: Buffalo's Brain Museum

http://www.wgrz.com/news/unique-places-buffalos-brain-museum/343981718

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Dittrick Museum featured

Inside Cleveland's fascinating Dittrick Museum of Medical History (video, event schedule)

cleveland.com

Inside Cleveland's fascinating Dittrick Medical Museum. "Traditionally, the Dittrick had been a museum for doctors," said Edmonson. "But when we ...

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Aug 20: Stanley Burns speaks at new Gettysburg PA medical museum

From: Stanley Burns

I will be giving the inaugural address at the opening of a new Civil War medical museum in Gettysburg, at the The Daniel Lady Farm. The farm and Barn was a Confederate staging area during the battle and now will be dedicated as part a new medical museum. I will be lecturing and also supervising an amputation. There will be re-enactors for various events.

The Daniel Lady farm on July 2, 1863 served as a staging area for Major General Edward Johnson's divisions of Confederate regiments for the attack on the Union Flank at Culps Hill. The farm was converted to a field hospital by July 3rd for seriously wounded Confederates who were then left at the hospital as the Confederates retreated south after the battle.

I will be lecturing on the amazing medical photographs of wounded soldiers taken by Dr Reed Brockway Bontecou, Surgeon-In-Charge of Harewood US Army General Hospital Washington DC, as well as my work as the on set medical consultant to PBS's Civil War drama, Mercy Street.

http://www.destinationgettysburg.com/event/details/10562

http://www.gbpa.org/Daniel-Lady-Farm.html

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

National Museum of Civil War Medicine criticized for logo

D.C. tourism guide rejects Frederick museum's ad containing Confederate Flag

By Jeff Abell
July 22nd 2016
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/ad-doesnt-fly-in-dc

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A somewhat skewed article on the Army Medical Museum

Four More Heads for the Indian Trophy Room

Robert Aquinas McNally

6/15/16

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

June 22: NLM James H. Cassedy History of Medicine Lecture

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the next NLM History of Medicine lecture, to be held on Wednesday, June 22, from 2 pm to 3pm in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. For this year's James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture, W. Bruce Fye, MD, MA, Emeritus Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, will speak on "The Origins and Evolution of the Mayo Clinic from 1864 to 1939: A Minnesota Family Practice Becomes an International 'Medical Mecca'"

This presentation will describe the origins and international impact of the Mayo Clinic through 1939, the year that William J. and Charles H. Mayo died. Multispecialty group practice was invented at Mayo at the beginning of the twentieth century. A visiting Canadian surgeon wrote in 1906, "Specialization and cooperation, with the best that can be had in each department, is here the motto. Cannot these principles be tried elsewhere?" Dr. Fye will address the Mayo Clinic's major (and underappreciated) role in the development of rigorous postgraduate (specialty) training. Unlike traditional academic medical centers that emphasize research, Mayo's main mission has always been patient care. This patient-centered activity has been undertaken in an environment enriched by extensive programs devoted to specialty training and clinical research. The clinic's long-standing culture of collaboration is cited as one of the key ingredients of its success.

This lecture will be live-streamed globally, and subsequently archived, by NIH VideoCasting:

http://videocast.nih.gov/

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).

In addition, we warmly welcome you to visit our blog, "Circulating Now," where you can learn more about the collections and related programs of the History of Medicine Division of the NLM:

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/

Here also you can read interviews with previous lecturers:

http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/tag/lecture/

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

Friday, June 10, 2016

Job opening at NMHM

Medical Museum Job announcement:
There is a rare opening at the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) for someone with the right combination of skills (osteology, anatomy, museum collections management.) Application period closes June 22.

MUSEUM SPECIALIST (ANATOMICAL)

Defense Health Agency

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/441147300/

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Mountain Meadows Massacre skull subject to Congressional scrutiny at NMHM

In Senate, Arkansans request new life for a child's burial

Boozman: Get skull out of museum

By Frank Lockwood

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/07/in-senate-new-life-for-a-child-s-burial/

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Ebenstein on her new wax Venuses book

The Strangest Book of 2016 is 'The Anatomical Venus'

By Joanna Ebenstein

May 20, 2016
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/70413-the-strange-beauty-of-the-anatomical-venus.html

Monday, May 16, 2016

Edinburgh University's Anatomical Museum has an app

Grisly medical museum opens to virtual world for first time

STV May 16 2016

The Macabre artefacts from Scotland's medical history will be virtually on show for the first time.

http://stv.tv/news/east-central/1354232-grisly-medical-museum-opens-to-virtual-world-for-first-time/

Who are we?

Mike Rhode was the chief archivist of the Museum from 1989-2011, and is the founder of this blog. I maintain an interest in the course of the museum, and will be posting relevant information.

The Army Medical Museum was founded in 1862 during the American Civil War. After World War II, a parent-child relationship was inverted and the Museum became part of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Since then, the Museum has moved around Washington, stopping for years in Ford's Theatre, and on the National Mall where the building it shared with the National Library of Medicine once stood, until it was demolished in 1968 for the Hirshhorn Museum. For 35 years it was at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and now is in Silver Spring, MD.

So what about that blog name?

It's historical. I found it in a quote from one of the former curators. World War II confirmed the Army Medical Museum's primary role in pathology consultation. James Ash, the curator during the war and a pathologist, noted, "Shortly after the last war, more concerted efforts were instituted to concentrate in the Army Medical Museum the significant pathologic material occurring in Army installations." He closed with the complaint, "We still suffer under the connotation museum, an institution still thought of by many as a repository for bottled monsters and medical curiosities. To be sure, we have such specimens. As is required by law, we maintain an exhibit open to the public, but in war time, at least, the museum per se is the least of our functions, and we like to be thought of as the Army Institute of Pathology, a designation recently authorized by the Surgeon General."

After the war, it evolved into the tri-service Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

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