Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Medical Museum in Lincoln movie
I'm told that Sickles' leg and the medical museum briefly feature in the hit movie Lincoln.
Staff departures, catching up again
Anatomical collections curator Franklin Damann is leaving in February to set up a lab.
Apparently the exhibit designer position left by Navjeet Singh has been filled.
Apparently the exhibit designer position left by Navjeet Singh has been filled.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Medical illustration and history of medicine at Belskie Museum
The Belskie Museum of Art & Science in northern New Jersey has medical illustration and history of medicine sculptures done by Abram Belskie. I recently visited it and took some photos of his works.It appears as though they may hold his papers which might make an interesting research project. Belskie worked on a Birth Atlas in 1940. The museum publishes a small booklet about him that's available at the information desk.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
New Zealand medical museum opens
| Medical 'house of horrors' for Northland New Zealand Herald By Hannah Norton Dr John Swinney, left, and Kiwi North director Stewart Bowden seated in a couple of wheelchairs that feature in the new medical museum. |
The Post interviews Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer on his new novel, 'The Fifth Assassin,' and presidential killers
By Carole Burns,
Washington Post January 16 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Another Brad Meltzer interview on mysterious medical museums
Brad Meltzer Hunts "The Fifth Assassin"
Kiel Phegley,
Comic Book Resources January 15 2013
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43191
Kiel Phegley,
Comic Book Resources January 15 2013
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43191
Medical museum spurs thriller idea
Brad Meltzer's new thriller gets Oval Office insight
Mon, Jan 14 2013
By Kurt Anthony Krug
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/entertainment-us-books-bradmeltzer-idUSBRE90D15P20130114
"Meltzer explained that the idea for the book came during a visit to the little-known U.S. Army-run National Museum of Health and Medicine near Washington."
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Who's buried in John Wilkes Booth's grave?
| A deathbed claim Enid News & Eagle Elements of the 16th New York Cavalry tracked Booth and an accomplice to a .... and since have been preserved at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. |
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Staff departures, catching up
Exhibit designer Navjeet Chhina departed the medical museum in the late summer of 2011. He'd like BM's readers to know that.
Another departure is imminent, I'm told.
Another departure is imminent, I'm told.
History of drugs - article of interest
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| Ancient pills found in shipwreck offer rare insight into early ... KGWN The results offer a peek into the complexity and sophistication of ancient ... |
NLM History of Medicine Lecture
You are cordially invited to the next NLM History of Medicine lecture, to be held Wednesday, 16 January 2013 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Building 38A, Bethesda, MD:
"Calculating with Mortalities in Restoration London: John Graunt and his Natural and Political Observations.
Kristin Heitman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical History
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
The paper will discuss Graunt's ground-breaking epidemiological and statistical work with plague and other diseases in 17th century England. Drawing upon NLM's extensive holdings of Graunt's published works, this lecture will examine the development, evolution, distribution, and reception of Graunt's book through its five editions.
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:
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
Jan 16: Comic book & thriller writer Brad Meltzer at Politics & Prose
Why should you care? On his website, Meltzer writes:
In this case, it began with a government employee who told me that I needed to come to a secret museum that almost no one knew about. Naturally, I was suspicious, so I asked him what they had at this so-called museum. Then he told me: We have pieces of Abraham Lincoln's skull, the bullet that killed him, and even the bones of John Wilkes Booth, if you want to see them.
I take issue with the 'so-called' and 'secret' - the Medical Museum's been open to visitors since the 1860s.
Brad Meltzer - The Fifth Assassin
Jan 16 2013 7:00 pm
Jan 16 2013 8:00 pm
Friday, December 28, 2012
Staff departures at NMHM
Jim Curley of Historical Collections and Emily Wilson of HDAC will be departing the Museum with the turn of the year. Wilson's contractor position has been advertised.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Einstein's brain samples
| Einstein's brain: Even on the surface, extraordinary - latimes.com Los Angeles Times One hundred sixty of the slides, made from 240 "blocks" of Einstein's brain, are at Princeton's University Medical Center, and an additional 560 slides are housed at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, until recently on the grounds of Walter ... |
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Voice of America visits medical museum
| Visit to a Medical Museum; Plastic Surgeon Makes Healing Trips to ... Voice of America The museum also has anatomical collections of bones and preserved human organs. The National Museum of Health and Medicine opened as the Army Medical Museum ... |
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Einstein's brain app
An app lets users study Einstein's brain; magazine explores longevity research
By Aaron Leitko, October 1, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
VOA on National Museum of Health and Medicine
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| US Museum Showcases National Medical Collection Voice of America The National Museum of Health and Medicine originally opened as the Army Medical Museum during the Civil War. It's celebrating its 150th anniversary with a ... |
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Google Alert - "National Museum of Health and Medicine"
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| The National Museum of Health and Medicine: America's hidden ... The National Museum of Health and Medicine. It's not large like Mount Rushmore , iconic like the Statue of Liberty, or symbolic like The White House. It's small ... www.timetravelturtle.com/.../national-museum-health-medicin... | ||
| DCMilitary.com: NMHM Holds 25th Annual Forensic Anthropology ... bySubmitted by: National Museum of Health and Medicine. Franklin Damann, Anatomical Collections Curator at the National Museum of Health and Medicine ... www.dcmilitaryed.com/.../nmhm-holds-25th-annual-forensic-... |
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Museum-related publication is notable.
The Government Printing Office has put up a blog post at http://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2012/07/03/notable-federal-books-2012/ noting that the Library Journal has listed its 2011-2012 Notable Government Documents at http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/publishing/past-as-prologue-we-didnt-have-a-deck-last-year/
Included is Legacy of Excellence: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1862–2011 which the Museum archives significantly contributed to. You can read the book here - http://www.bordeninstitute.army.mil/other_pub/loe.html
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