Catalogue records for 2057 files/folders from the Archives’ Medical Ephemera collection of clippings, brochures and pamphlets were imported as titles into our new computer catalogue EMU today. These are from 3 series – biographical, organizational and subject files. An example would read as: Ephemera - Trade Literature - folder - Barton, Clara (1821-1912) [Medical Ephemera] so when we eventually get the catalogue online you could search on *Barton in the titles, and you’ll get this file. In the meantime, you can still use this static (and sorry, out of date) finding aid at http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/archives/asearch/afinding_aids/ephemera/ephemera.html
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.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
2057 new computer catalogue records added in Emu today
Eye Prosthetics at Walter Reed
Interactive talk on human anatomy with David Macaulay at NMHM tomorrow, 6/12 & Sat., 6/13
©2008 David Macaulay
“The real beauty of the human body, as it turns out, has little to do with outward appearance. It is displayed in and beneath the skin in a remarkable demonstration of economy and efficiency.”
— David Macaulay from The Way We Work
“David Macaulay: Author Talk & Book Signing”
When: Friday, June 12, 2009 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Saturday, June 13, 2009 (10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & 1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Where: National Museum of Health and Medicine
What: Join David Macaulay for an interactive and lively discussion about his new book, “The Way We Work,” as he illuminates the most important machine of all -- the human body. Your body is made up of various complex systems, and Macaulay is a master at making the complex understandable. He shows how the parts of the body work together, from the mechanics of a hand, to the process by which the heart pumps blood, to the chemical exchanges necessary to sustain life. A book signing will follow the discussion.
Cost: FREE!
Bring your kids along! This is a great opportunity to teach children about the human body.
Photo ID required.
Information: nmhminfo@afip.osd.mil or (202) 782-2200
David Macaulay bio: Born on December 2, 1946, Macaulay was eleven when his family moved from England to the United States. An early fascination with simple technology and a love of model-making and drawing ultimately led him to study architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received his degree in 1969 after spending his fifth year with RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome. Macaulay is probably best known for a very thick book called “The Way Things Work” (1988), an exhaustively researched compendium of the intricate workings involved in almost anything that functions. It was followed by “Black and White,” winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal. Over the next decade, Macaulay published eight additional books, and in 2003 he began a volume about the workings of the human body—the results of which comprise this exhibition. In 2006, Macaulay was named a MacArthur fellow.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Andrea Seabrook of NPR is interested in us
National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM), Forest Glen, Maryland presolicitation construction bid online
Y--National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM), Forest Glen, Maryland
Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
This two-step procurement is being advertised as a Request for Proposal (RFP). Phase I consists solely of qualifications of contractors. Phase II requires the government to evaluate separate technical and cost proposals. This RFP requires the government to perform separate concurrent evaluations based on the best value award of the project.
In phase I the prequalification phase offerors will submit their technical proposal as directed in the solicitation. The government will competitively evaluate the proposals based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package issued on or about 12 June 2009. There will be a site visit at 0100 EST local time, on or about 22 June 2009. Qualifications of contractors are due on or about 13 July 2009.
In phase II, those offerors who pre-qualified under the Phase I qualification stage will be issued an amendment for Phase II ON OR ABOUT 11 September 2009. There will be a site visit on or about 16 September 2009. Proposals will be due on or about 16 October 2009, and will include the specification package and associated plans or drawings.
Estimated cost of construction is between $10,000,000.00 and $25,000,000.00. Completion of work required no longer than 450 days.
Project Description:
This is a Best Value 2 phase procurements Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 19.502 (a) & (b). Rule 2 applies, DFARS 219.1502-2.
This is a BRAC 05 Medical MILCON project consist of design and construction of a new 20,000 + or GSF museum. The primary facility includes a building, special foundations, building information systems, fire protection and alarm systems and connection to Energy Monitoring and Control Systems (EMCS). Comprehensive interior design is required. Anti-terrorist Force Protection (ATFP) measures and intrusion detection system (IDS) are required. ADA compliance and LEED silver rating is to be provided. Heating, air conditioning and moisture control will be self contained system. Commissioning is required.
Supporting facilities to include utilities, external lighting, signage, ATFP features, paving, curbs, walks, storm water management and site improvement features.
EVALUATION CRITERIA WILL BE PART OF THE SOLICITATION.
Submission Requirements:
After issuance of solicitation:
Submit responses in person to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, City Crescent Building, ATTN: Mary Tully, Room 7000, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; or by mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Mary Tully CENAB-CT, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted. All deliveries, packages, etc. of more than one box or container must be bound together by tape or other means.
All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. You must be registered in the (CCR) Central Contractor Registration to be considered for award of a Federal contract. Registration can be found at Website: http:/ccr.gov. Or call CCR at 1-888-227-2423. A paper form for registration may be obtained from the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414.
The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge, to all registered plan holders. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only, or CD to pre-qualified offerors. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of Request For Proposal will be accepted. Contractors requests for this solicitation will be performed through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System.
Project Manager: Alexandra Crawford (410) 962-2830
DTL: Joan Pamperien (410) 962-2616
Contracting P.O.C.: Mary Tully (410) 779-7542
21203
US
Influenza photo used by New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/health/09docs.html
New Posts of Old Daguerrotypes
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Forensic Bone Histology Course offered by Museum
Description from the AskAFIP website. The website can be found by following the “Education” tab on the left-side column at www.askafip.org .
Forensic Bone Histology Course (5197) July 13, 2009 - July 15, 2009 COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Mass fatality incidents such as acts of terrorism and mass transit accidents often leave human remains fragmented and burned, making identification efforts problematic. Fragmentary remains prove difficult to identify as human, not to mention estimating the biological age, sex, ancestry and stature from those fragments. Due to the small size of skeletal fragments, important macroscopic indicators used in establishing a biological profile may be lost.
With advancements in bone microscopy, researchers have developed techniques that mitigate these problematic cases, as well as improve the overall evaluation of human remains when fragmentation is not an issue. Through the analysis of bone microstructure it is possible to differentiate human from non-human bone tissue, estimate age-at-death, and identify potentially individuating characteristics, such as dietary deficiencies and disease processes.
This course addresses the application of bone histology to forensic case work through lecture and hands-on activities utilizing bone slides and microscopes. After attending this course the participant will be familiar with basic microscope instrumentation and bone histomorphology. This knowledge leads to an understanding of how to differentiate human from nonhuman fragments of bone, estimate age-at-death, and evaluate biasing factors of bone microstructure, such as taphonomic effects.
NOTE: Each participant will be given the syllabus on CD. There will be no printed syllabi.
CME CREDITS: 19 |
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Bone cellular biology
- Basic microscope instrumentation
- Slide preparation techniques
- Bone histomorphology and histomorphometry
- Differentiate human from nonhuman bone
- Estimate age-at-death
- Evaluate taphonomic effects on bone microstructure
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Anthropologists, Pathologists, Forensic Scientists and anyone interested in bone mircostructure LOCATION:
The course willl be held at Building 53 (Radiologic Pathology Center), located on Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus, across from the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM). For directions to the facility, visit the museum's website at http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/about/directions.html
RECOMMENDED LODGING:
Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring
8777 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-0800
Rooms have been reserved at a reduced rate of $149 single/double or the prevailing government per diem until 6 July 2009. Reservations received after this date will be filled on a space available basis. When contracting the hotel to make your reservation to make your reservation, inform them that you are attending the Urological Pathology and Radiology Course.
Complimentary Shuttle is available to and from the campus.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE:
In accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the authors involved in this continuing medical education activity are required to complete Disclosure Declarations. The authors of this course do not have any financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation with organizations that may have a direct or indirect interest in the subject matter of this course. U.S. CITIZENS:
US citizens must provide, PRIOR TO THE COURSE, a clear copy of your birth certificate or the first two pages of your passport. You will be unable to attend the course without this information. You may receive the syllabus and related material, but no refunds. NON-U.S. CITIZENS:
PRIOR TO THE COURSE, non-US citizens must mail or fax a one of the following: (1) a clear copy of the first two pages of your passport with number showing (2) a clear copy of your green card with number showing (3) a copy of your visa and the DS-2019 form Send to: Department of Medical Education, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 6825 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20306-6000 Fax: (202) 782-5020. You will be unable to attend the course without this information. You may receive the syllabus and related material, but no refunds. If you are sponsored by an ECFMG organization, please verify your status as current and active by including a letter from the program director with your registration form. If you are affiliated with your country’s government/military, please write to the Office of the Surgeon General, DASG-HCZ-IP, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3258 [FAX: (703) 681-3429] and provide: (1) a copy of the application from the course announcement and (2) a letter from your personnel office certifying full-time employment. All non-US citizens must make checks or international money orders payable to the American Registry of Pathology. All payments must be in US dollars and be accompanied by the course application. Send to the Department of Medical Education at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000.
Steampunk Anatomy
From the blog e-l-i-s-e, a different take on anatomical illustration. Make sure you click through to the original blog for more.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Obituary for AFIP's Dr. Scofield ran in Post
Henry H. 'Hank' Scofield Navy Oral Pathologist, Professor
-- Matt Schudel
Washington Post (June 6 2009)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503549_5.html
After several postings in the Dental Corps, Capt. Scofield received a doctorate in oral pathology from Georgetown University in the late 1950s. He was chairman of the oral pathology department at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology from 1963 to 1966.
Darn! Missed this for BAW
Lecture by Kazuo Kawasaki this week in Washington, DC
Most are familiar with his eyewear, but I am tracking his work integrating medical science (in which he has a Ph.D.) and product design.
Although we might be as likely to see his 1989 titanium wheelchair in a modern art museum than rolling down the sidewalk, I am interested to learn how Kawasaki approaches the subject of personal experience, design and disability. Kawasaki himself uses a wheelchair and has heart trouble.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Andrea Seabrook's been twittering us
Friday, June 5, 2009
Another upload to the Internet Archive
Sour Candy Body Fluids
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Microscopes, illustrated
Monday, June 1, 2009
Dissection book interview on NPR
Curator and author Jim Edmondson writes in about his book of dissection photographs, noting:
Check out the interview on Dissection, with Ira Flatow of NPR's Science Friday:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/about/listen/
The book has been getting amazing press coverage:
http://www.case.edu/origins/news/edmonson.htm
And within the last month it soared to #162 on Amazon.com...
Boxing and bones?
Friday, May 29, 2009
Theresa Butler retiring today
"Red Cross Work on Mutilés at Paris - 1918"
See it here.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
DAVID MACAULAY: Author Talk & Book Signing
When: Friday, June 12, 2009 (1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Saturday, June 13, 2009 (10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) & (1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Where: National Museum of Health and Medicine
What: Join David Macaulay for a discussion about his new book, "The Way We Work," as he illuminates the most important machine of all -- the human body. Your body is made up of various complex systems, and Macaulay is a master at making the complex understandable. He shows how the parts of the body work together, from the mechanics of a hand, to the process by which the heart pumps blood, to the chemical exchanges necessary to sustain life. A book signing will follow the discussion.
This event is being held in conjunction with NMHM's temporary exhibition, "David Macaulay Presents: The Way We Work, Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body," which features the famous author's original artwork for the book.
Bring your kids along! This event, as well as the exhibit, is great for teaching children about the human body.
Cost: FREE!
Parking is available. Photo ID required.
Information: nmhminfo@afip.osd.mil or (202) 782-2200
David Macaulay bio:
Born on December 2, 1946, Macaulay was eleven when his family moved from England to the United States. An early fascination with simple technology and a love of model-making and drawing ultimately led him to study architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received his degree in 1969 after spending his fifth year with RISD's European Honors Program in Rome. Macaulay is probably best known for a very thick book called "The Way Things Work" (1988), an exhaustively researched compendium of the intricate workings involved in almost anything that functions. It was followed by "Black and White," winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal. Over the next decade, Macaulay published eight additional books, and in 2003 he began a volume about the workings of the human body—the results of which comprise this exhibition. In 2006, Macaulay was named a MacArthur fellow.
Able and Baker--the Space Monkeys
She did her duty and became a hero in our nation's space race. We have Able's skeleton in our Anatomical Collections--the Smithsonian has her pelt. She's not currently on display.
I hope you'll enjoy Baker & Able's story on NPR's site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104578202
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Leprosy found in 4000 year old skeleton
A Skeleton 4,000 Years Old Bears Evidence of Leprosy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/science/27leprosy.html
1512 alchemy book avaible online at NLM
NLM's History of Medicine Division is proud to announce that a new Turning the Pages Project has been released on the TTP kiosks in the Library and on the Web: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/books.htm.
The project features Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de Arte Distillandi, printed in Strasbourg in 1512. The book is a practical manual on chemical, alchemical, and distillation devices and techniques used to manufacture drug therapies, and it includes a number of hand-colored woodcuts featuring scenes of laboratories, distillation devices, and doctor patient scenes.
Special thanks to Anne Rothfeld, who curated the project, and Michael Chung, Glenn Pearson, and George Thoma, who created another visually beautiful project through their incomparable programming skills. Also special thanks to Roxanne Beatty for encoding the files for the gallery page.
Michael J. North, northm@mail.nih.gov
Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Recycling
Yester-Day in the Life of an Archivist
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
AFIP's Armed Forces Medical Examiner featured in NY Times
And this bit is lovely - "“He was one of the most compassionate people throughout this whole process that I dealt with from the Department of Defense,” Mrs. Sweet said of Captain Mallak." I don't really know Craig Mallak all that well as OAFME's off in Rockville, MD but it's nice to read something that positive about someone.
Malaria Moe
Monday, May 25, 2009
Hospitals using Web2.0 to advertise
Webcast Your Brain Surgery? Hospitals See Marketing Tool
By PAM BELLUCK
Published: May 25, 2009
Hospitals are using Twitter from operating rooms, showing surgery on YouTube and having patients blog about their procedures, but ethics and privacy questions linger.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Yesterday was the Museum's 147th birthday
Yeah, we didn't notice either.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Here's what I found in one of them:
Scene from the Epidemic of Yellow Fever in Cadiz,
Théodore Géricault,
ca. 1819
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Avian autopsy, or, a Ready-Made Meal
I found this tasty thing on the NLM website. The caption says something along the line of "Do you want to have dinner with us, Mother Piton?"
Sunday, May 17, 2009
More on the Red Cross and Mutilés
The relief of French mutilés included the operation of a school farm, the manufacture of portrait masks and artificial limbs, the operation of an educational and publicity service, and assistance to French institutions offering commercial and industrial courses to mutilés. It is estimated that 6s,000 [?] of the 600,000 crippled French soldiers were reached by the Red Cross.
It has a table that shows what kind of services were provided:
I'm surprised that only 94 men received "portrait masks." I would have expected a higher number.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Red Cross Work on Mutilés
Today I was trolling the internet for more information on the Red Cross and mutilés (maimed) and found a title on Google books, American Red Cross Work among the French People, by Fisher Ames (1921) that had a photograph in it just like the background in the film.
And which is very similar to an exhibit we have:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Deal Art Registry
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Forensics articles in today's NY Times' Science section
Vorwald Collection
Leyner Bar Operator Working Without Dust Control
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Exhibit Development FlyThru David Macaulay Exhibit
Fun Films
Light 'em up
"Many of the soldiers with their mouths splinted were unable to smoke. This was overcome by placing a glass of water or cup of coffee or chocolate where they could reach it, when, after wetting their lips with their fingers which had been immersed in the liquid, they were able to smoke as long as the moisture remained. This gave them a great deal of comfort. It was possible, also, in cases in which the lower jaw was fixed or missing, for the patient to hold one nostril closed and then, by moistening the other nostril and putting a cigarette in it, to inhale through it, thus smoking quite readily."
I wish I had a picture of that.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
May 6: A Conversation on Nursing at Walter Reed
Second in NMHM’s Walter Reed Centennial Year Lecture Series
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Russell Auditorium, National Museum of Health and Medicine
What: Kick off National Nurses Week with "A Conversation on Nursing at Walter Reed." An informal discussion, featuring the history of nursing at Walter Reed, perspectives on current practices, and thoughts on the future of the Army Nurse Corps, will commemorate 100 years of nursing at Walter Reed.
Presenters: Debbie Cox, former Army Nurse Corps Historian; CPT Jennifer Easley, Medical/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, WRAMC; LTC Patrick Ahearne, Staff Officer, Office of the Army Nurse Corps, Office of the Army Surgeon General
Cost: Free
Info: (202)782-2200 or nmhminfo@afip.osd.mil
www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
An amazing story
Jack McMillen painting
This is a role the Forest Glen annex also played in subsequent wars. Psychiatric patients were identified, and to an extent stigmatized, by wearing maroon hospital clothing. For many years this painting was on display at the Forest Glen annex in Silver Spring, Maryland.
(from a publication by the Borden Institute)
The painting is egg tempera on canvas and measures 7 by 10.5 feet. It now is on display at the museum.
I also found a website while searching for whatever I could find on the artist. It's the New Deal Art Registry, a fun site to browse.
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 6: A Conversation on Nursing at Walter Reed
Second in NMHM’s Walter Reed Centennial Year Lecture Series
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Russell Auditorium, National Museum of Health and Medicine
What: Kick off National Nurses Week with "A Conversation on Nursing at Walter Reed." An informal discussion, featuring the history of nursing at Walter Reed, perspectives on current practices, and thoughts on the future of the Army Nurse Corps, will commemorate 100 years of nursing at Walter Reed.
Presenters: Debbie Cox, former Army Nurse Corps Historian; CPT Jennifer Easley, Medical/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, WRAMC; LTC Patrick Ahearne, Staff Officer, Office of the Army Nurse Corps, Office of the Army Surgeon General
Cost: Free
Info: (202)782-2200 or nmhminfo@afip.osd.mil
www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum
American College of Surgery Archives website
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Delousing WW1 photos and Flickr stats
Sterilizer. 01/21/1919. LeManns [Le Mans?], Sarthe, France. View of sterilizer. Interior. At salvage branch, American Embarkation Center. Delouser.
Our Flickr stats are at 1,307 items / 793,036 views this evening, slowly closing in on 800K, in spite of a series of WW1 delousing photographs that Kathleen put up recently.
German delousing and bathing plant. Interior view. Steam delouser compartments. Andenaide?, Belgium. 11/14/1918.
National Gallery trip today
Autopsy at the Hôtel-Dieu by Henri Gervex, 1876.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Guide to Collections is now online
Applause, please.
Medical Design Excellence
My two faves are
1. The Medigenic infection control keyboard, manufactured and submitted by Esterline Advanced Input Systems (Coeur d’Alene, ID). The Medigenic infection control keyboard addresses studies showing hospital keyboards to be a source of bacterial cross-contamination. The keyboard helps monitor its own cleaning status. I remember swabbing keyboards with alcohol when I worked in in a medical library and it always kind of makes my skin crawl at the public library when I need to log on. Next thing Medigenic needs to work on is antibacterial mice. They have a high yuck factor too.
2. The Whiz Freedom hygienic urine director, manufactured and submitted by Jbol Ltd. (Oxford, United Kingdom). (Do ya love the name?) The Freedom hygienic urine director is a hydrophobic, antibacterial, and eco-friendly device that enables women to urinate standing or sitting, indoors or outdoors, without undressing. It is suitable for use by incontinent or mobility-impaired users. Ladies, wouldn't you find this eminently useful at least once in your life? Just put it in the trunk with the Send Help banner and the road flares.