Typewritten text of medical subject matter, captured during the Vietnam War. Many hand-drawn illustrations. Additional handwritten notes. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, orthopedics, surgical
"In the United States" section written by Col. Weston P. Chamberlain, M.C.; "In the American Expeditionary Forces" section written by Lieut. Col. Frank W. Weed, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Sixth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
The Report of the Joint Commission for the Investigation of the Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Japan; Volume VI. by Ashley W. Oughterson, Henry L. Barnett,George V. LeRoy, Jack D. Rosenbaum, Averill A. Liebow, B. Aubrey Schneider, and E. Cuylar Hammond. NP-3041 Office of Air Surgeon July 6, 1951 Army Institute of Pathology
Topics: atomic bomb, pathology, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, Atomic Energy Commission, World War II
A description, and directions for use, of illumination equipment that can be used on any Leitz microscope. The Phase Contrast Equipment offers the possibility of adjustable lighting from brightfield to phase contrast to darkfield.
Topic: microscopes, illumination, laboratory equipment
Fifteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1. Written by Maj. Albert G. Love, M.C., U.S. Army.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens), of crania and skeletons of birds. No date, but ca. 19th century.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, comparative anatomy, birds, avian, veterinary
Prepared under the direction of Surgeon General John Moore, United States Army, by Charles Smart, Major and Surgeon, United States Army. Covers medical statistics; camp fevers and other miasmatic diseases; scurvy; diseases attributed to non-miasmatic exposure; and other diseases such as Nostalgia, Army Itch, Poisoning, Alcoholism, and Venereal Diseases.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Medical care, United...
Ballistics experiments conducted by shooting bones embedded in gelatin blocks, done at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology by Dr. Bruce D. Ragsdale, M.D., Orthopedic Pathology Department, AFIP & Arnold R. Josselson, LTC, USAF, MC, Forensic Sciences Department, AFIP. Film is circa 1970.
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Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, firearms, ballistics, Civil War
Lectures on the history of the microscope by British collector John Mayall, Jr. excerpted from the Journal of the Society of the Arts, 1885-1888. Scanned from microfilm printouts.
Topics: microscopy, microscope, history of technology, history of medicine, history of science
Written by Col. Edwin P. Wolfe, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Third of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
1965 Report of Lt. Col. Pierre A. Finck regarding his participation in the 1963 autopsy of President John F. Kennedy. Along with Finck's report to AFIP head Dr. Joe Blumberg, he includes segments of the report of the Warren Commission. This is scanned from a photocopy, but the Museum holds the original.
Topics: Kennedy John F.(John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Assassination, Pierre Finck, ballistics
Topics: Army Medical Museum, pathology, exhibits, Washington, DC, Civil War, military medicine
Prepared under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General, United States Army, by Joseph Janvier Woodward, Surgeon, United States Army.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Medical care, United...
Catalog or logbook of wounds of the stomach, intestines, spleen, and pancreas. Includes patients' names, dates of injury, disposition (died, discharged, etc.), types of sutures used, and bibliography. Dates of the bibliography are from mid 18th-19th century.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, wounds, catalogs, logbooks, bibliography
This manuscript, titled "The Care and Treatment of Mental Diseases and War Neuroses (Shell Shock) in the British Army," was written by Maj. Thomas W. Salmon, U.S. Army Medical Director, National Committee for Mental Hygiene.
Topics: Shell Shock, War Neuroses, Thomas W. Salmon, U.S. Army Medical Director, National Committee for...
A booklet describing the Kolff-Brigham artificial kidney: technical information, its parts, and a list of specifications.
Topics: hemodialysis, dialysis, artificial kidney, medical equipment, hemodialyser, kidney failure
The proceedings of the 7th Saranac Silicosis Symposium, held at Saranac Lake, New York September 22-26, 1952, during Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald’s tenure at the Saranac Laboratory. Includes the September 24, 1952 session on “Pneumoconiosis and Pulmonary Cancer.”
Topics: pneumoconiosis, pulmonary disease, pulmonary cancer, Saranac Conference, 7th Saranac Conference,...
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. A history of the Army Medical Museum and its successor the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Topics: military medicine, pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Civil War, Surgeon General's...
A compilation of four separate films created by or on behalf of Elbert DeCoursey of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission: 1. Japan, October/November 1945 (22 minutes) [Primarily tourist-type footage.] 2. Atomic Bomb Studies - Nagasaki (17 minutes) [Gross tissue and microscope slides of damaged tissue at various intervals post-exposure.] 3. Medical aspects - Atomic Warfare (20 minutes) [Presentation of several people exposed to radiation.] 4. DeCoursey Footage in Japan (1 minute 30 seconds)
Topics: World War 2, WW2, atomic bomb, a-bomb, radiation, Japan, Nagasaki, medicine, Atomic Bomb Casualty...
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1931. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses, military medicine, nursing...
History of patients whose cases have been illustrated at the Army Medical Museum. For checklist of plates, see page 231. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, medical illustration
Thirteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1. "Part 1, Physical Reconstruction and Vocational Education" written by Maj. A.G. Crane, S.C. and "Part 2, The Army Nurse Corps" written by Julia C. Stimson, Superintendent, Army Nurse Corps.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
A pamphlet about venereal disease, directed to members of the U.S. military during World War 1.
Topic: World War 1, venereal disease, sexually transmitted diseases
Prepared, under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army, by George A. Otis, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. Includes a chronological summary of engagements and battles. Covers wounds and injuries of the head, face, neck, spine, and chest.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
"In the United States" written by Col. Pearce Bailey, M.C., Lieut. Col. Frankwood E. Williams, M.C. and Sergt. Paul O. Komora, M.D. "In the American Expeditionary Forces" written by Col. Thomas W. Salmon, M.C. and Sergt. Norman Fenton, M.D. Published by the Government Printing Office. Tenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2002 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2001 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1926. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses,...
This collection consists of one 17â W x 15â H leather-bound scrapbook which belonged to Doctor and Brigadier General Raymond Osborne Dart, who was born in Kansas City, Kansas on 5 July, 1890. After receiving a Bachelorâs degree from the University of Kansas and a medical degree from Rush Medical College at the University of Chicago in 1916, he entered the U. S. Army in 1917. In 1923 he became Assistant Pathologist of the Army Medical Museum, moving up to Pathologist from 1927 - 1928. From...
Topics: Raymond Osborne Dart, Pathologist, Army Medical Museum, Curator, Board of Health Laboratory, Panama...
Photocopy of catalog or logbook of the Army Medical Museum's holdings of miscellaneous items such as Native American bows, arrows, spears, and medicine bags, but also items such as an Enfield rifle found at Gettysburg and a boot showing entrance and exit points of a bullet. No overall date, but one item noted as being received in 1864.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Native American, Army Medical Museum
2-sided sheet folded into a booklet explaining awards in the United States military. This scan is arranged so that the booklet reads in order.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature
Prepared under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army, by J.J. Woodward, Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Consists of a series of statistical tables summarizing the monthly reports made to the Surgeon General regarding the Sickness of the Army, Deaths, and Discharges and is arranged into two groups: Part I refers to "Sickness and Mortality of White Troops" and Part II to "Colored Troops."
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
The Academy of Medicine is unique in that its membership consists of individuals with widely diversified backgrounds. The directories in this collection reflect that diversity, with members working in basic medical sciences, internists, surgeons, specialists, dentists, and veterinarians. Membership has included leaders in the fields of medicine and para-medical sciences in the DC area. Each membership directory contains the following sections: 1) Officers and Former Officers; 2) Charter...
Topics: Academy of Medicine of Washington DC, Membership, Directory
This collection consists of Army Medical Museum (AMM) incoming correspondence, mostly from Smithsonian Secretaries Joseph Henry and Spencer Baird, relating primarily to the exchange of specimens between the Museum and the Smithsonian. George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, and John S. Billings were curators of the Museum during this time. See also Museum Records: Accession Records and Curatorial Records: Letterbooks of the Curators for related correspondence.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Smithsonian, Correspondence, George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, John S....
The purpose of this card catalog reference system (date of creation unknown) was to serve as a cross-reference of Museum numbering systems, principally for the Anatomical and Historical divisions. Over the years, many notations have been made on the cards and those handwritten notes can provide useful information for any given object. What can also be ascertained from the cards are numbers that have been re-used. Most notably in the historical section, original number cards have been marked as...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Museum Records, Card Files
Catalog or logbook of the Army Medical Museum's index to patients, Provisional Pathological and Provisional Anatomical Sections, arranged alphabetically by patient's last name with rank or civilian status, and specimen number. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens
Catalog or logbook of microscopes and microtomes at the Army Medical Museum, arranged alphabetically by instrument name. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, microscopes, microtomes, laboratory instruments
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), including SS (Surgical Specimen) numbers 4720-5473. Dates from 1867-1868.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, surgical specimens, surgery
Catalog or logbook of items received at the Army Medical Museum for all collections: Surgical/Pathological, Medical, Microscopical, Comparative Anatomy, and Miscellaneous. Dates from 1884-1907.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, microscope...
Microscope catalogue from C. Reichert
Topics: microscopy, advertisement
Catalog or logbook of photos and anatomical or pathological specimens received at the Army Medical Museum, showing from whom received and/or to whom sent for examination. Dates from 1864-1894.
Topics: army medical museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, photographs
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1927. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses,...
Eleventh of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 1997 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
A magazine on the reconstruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, World War 1.
Topics: reconstruction, rehabilitation, therapy, vocational therapy, American Red Cross
Written by Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Siler, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Ninth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
This collection is made up of office files from Sarah Carey and deals primarily with exhibits and facility issues. There is some overlap between the materials in this collection and OHA 51 and OHA 51.03.
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Exhibit Division, Sarah Carey
Wet tissue and microscopical slide specimens from the American Civil War in the Museum.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, surgery, tuberculosis, microscopy
Describes the American Civil War anatomical specimens, usually bone, in the Museum.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, military medicine, bone, skeleton, amputation
The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 1995 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1879-1888. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1955-2840.
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1930. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses, military medicine, nursing...
Catalog or logbook of surgical specimens and instruments received at the Army Medical Museum. Lists such instruments as needle forceps, bullet extractors, and an electromagnetic appliance. Circa 1879. Includes Surgical Specimen (SS) numbers 6200-7447, 9200-9950.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, surgery, surgical specimens, surgical instruments
In response to the emerging need to provide a society offering equal status to representatives of both biomedical and engineering interests, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) was incorporated in1968. The Society continues to operate as a vital professional society for biomedical engineering and bioengineering and now boasts nearly 6,500 members. The BMES has played a leadership role in promoting accreditation, licensure, publications, scientific meetings, global programs, diversity...
Topics: Biomedical Engineering Society, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering
"Based on observations made on draft recruits, 1917-1918, and on veterans at demobilization, 1919." Written by Charles B. Davenport, Carnegie Institution of Washington (Formerly Major S.C., U.S.A.) and Albert G. Love, Major, M.C., U.S.A. Published by the Government Printing Office. Fifteenth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens), cross-reference to Linnaean taxonomy. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, veterinary, Army Medical Museum, comparative anatomy
Educational 35mm slide sets on pathology compiled by WHO with the collaboration of Dr. Leslie Sobin, of WHO and AFIP. May have copyright restrictions. Some of the slides have red-shifted.
Topics: WHO, World Health Organization, International Historical Classification of Tumours Slide Set,...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), Index to Patients whose names are listed in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, Civil War, Medical and Surgical History of the War of the...
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This collection is comprised nearly 4,300 medical films dating from 1918 to 2005. An additional 4000 films of surgery and the Vietnam War are included in the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Film Collection, and some have been catalogued in the following list. As artifacts, they note the progress of medical science at various points in history. The medical topics addressed by the films are varied, including but not limited to AIDS, HIV, veterinary medicine, grand rounds lectures, the...
Topics: Medical Films, Surgical Films, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Film Collection, Army...
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1923. This is the Annual (Yearbook) from Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC, and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, California.
Topics: Walter Reed General Hospital, Letterman General Hospital, Nursing, Yearbooks, Annuals, Nurses,...
Prepared under the direction of Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon General United States Army by George A. Otis, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. Covers injuries of the abdomen, pelvis, flesh wounds of the back, and wounds and injuries of the upper extremities.
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Twelfth of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Catalog or logbook of miscellaneous holdings of the Army Medical Museum. This is the same logbook as the photocopied version also uploaded to the Archive.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens) from nd-1881. Includes CA Section numbers 1822-2422. Duplicates entries in logbook, "Skeletons of Fishes."
Topics: Army Medical Museum, comparative anatomy, veterinary, fish, catalog, logbook
Catalog or logbook of cases involving wounds of the abdomen (intestines), including the patient's last name and disposition (died, discharged, etc.) Some pages dated 1892.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, wounds, injuries, gunshot wounds
This collection includes the records of Dr. John Henry Budd's World War II service with the 34th Evacuation Hospital, 4th Auxiliary Service Group. Items include correspondence; photographs; clippings; surgical team records from Normandy invasion and Utah Beach cases; personal records of his own operative cases; brochure from Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, PA; neurosurgical operations; the surgical group's post-war meetings; and the first section of the Pittsburgh...
Topics: John Henry Budd, World War II, 34th Evacuation Hospital, Normandy, Utah Beach, Medical Field...
Written by Col. William N. Bispham, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Seventh of 15 volumes covering all aspects of the US Army's role in World War 1.
Topics: military medicine, World War 1, World War, US Army, Surgeon General's Office, military surgery,...
Oral History of Sharon Weiss, MD, assistant chair and then chair of Soft Tissue Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Recorded March 16, 1992.
Topics: pathology, oral history, soft tissue pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, AFIP
Written by George A. Otis and D.L. Huntington. Covers "Wounds and Injuries of the Lower Extremities," "Miscellaneous Injuries," "Wounds and Complications," "Anesthetics," "The Medical Staff and Materia Chirurgica," and "Transportation of the Wounded."
Topics: Civil War, military medicine, Medicine, Military -- History United States, Surgery, Military,...
Oral history of Dr. Enrique Mendez, Jr. Born 1931 in Puerto Rico; M.D. in 1954 from Loyola University in Chicago, joined Army, residency at Brooke General Hospital (San Antonio) in internal medicine, served various places in US, Germany, and Italy till 1970, chief of Medical Corps Career Activities in Washington, D.C. (1970-1973), chief of operations for Health Services Command at Fort Sam Houston (1973-1976), in 1976 became brigadier general and director of health care operations at Surgeon...
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Topics: oral history, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Medical Corps,...
Catalogue or logbook of microscopic preparations at the Army Medical Museum, added after the printed catalogue was issued. Includes numbers 2121-4472. No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, microscope slides
This collection consists primarily of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, arranged chronologically, that reference the Museum or Museum staff. Articles written by Museum staff are also included in this collection, which overlaps and complements OHA 69âMuseum Records: Publications. This collection also includes a few audio and videotapes of media programs. SEE ALSO Museum Records: Education/Public Programs, Levinson Office Files, and the NMHM Audiovisual Collection for related material.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Clippings, Articles, Publications, Museum Records
This collection consists of bound volumes of outgoing correspondence by curators John Brinton, George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, John S. Billings, Walter Reed, James Carroll, F.F. Russell, George Sternberg and others, on a wide range of subjects primarily related to management and operation of the Army Medical Museum. For related material see OHA 21 Curatorial Records: Outgoing Correspondence (Loose) for other outgoing correspondence that was not recorded in these books. Series are arranged and...
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Curatorial Records, John Brinton, George A. Otis, D.L. Huntington, John S....
2-sided sheet folded into a booklet explaining awards in the United States military. This scan is of the two sheets.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, uniforms, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, trade literature, World War 2, Civil War
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens), of amphibians and reptiles of North America. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, comparative anatomy, veterinary, amphibians, reptiles, Army Medical Museum
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