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
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,...
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
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), dated 1877-1882.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, pathological specimens, surgical specimens
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1875-1879. Includes Anatomical Section numbers 1235-1954.
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
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 the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), including SS #s 6155-7189, dating from 1872-1881.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, surgical specimens
This collection consists of seven logbooks of the Naval Examining Board recording admissions and promotions in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps, Medical Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Senior Board of Medical Examiners.
Topics: U.S. Naval Examining Board, U.S. Navy Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, Senior...
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
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,...
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was established in 1926, having formerly been the United States Army Air Service. The USAAC was abolished in 1942 with the development of the United States Army Air Forces, though it remained a branch of the Army until 1947. This collection contains reports submitted by Medical Corps flight surgeons regarding USAAC crashes throughout the United States from 1933 through 1934. The forms include location and personnel information, descriptions of the...
Topics: Unites States Army Air Corps, Medical Corps, Flight Surgeon, Aircraft Crashes, Aircraft Accidents
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 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...
Catalog or logbook of items received at the Army Medical Museum for all collections: Surgical/Pathological, Medical, Microscopical, Comparative Anatomy, and Miscellaneous. No numbering system used in the catalog. Dates from 1877-1894.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, anatomical specimens, pathological specimens, microscope...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), and Comparative Anatomy Section (veterinary specimens). No date.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, pathological specimens, comparative anatomy, 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...
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 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
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
This collection consists of records of the Army Veterinary Corps which were collected in preparation for a never-published book. See also the Lee Collection for related material.
Topic: U.S. Army Veterinary Corps
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
Written by Col. Charles Lynch, M.C., Col. Joseph H. Ford, M.C., Lieut. Col. Frank W. Weed, M.C. Published by the Government Printing Office. Eighth 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 Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), PS numbers 19978-20742. Dates from 1890-1894.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, pathological specimens, surgery
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
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
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,...
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
A handwritten "receipt" (recipe) book from the late 19th century, of mostly pharmaceutical remedies, including those for asthma, cough, gangrene, "the itch," cholera, and bilious colic, but also for lucifer matches and liquid blacking.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, handmade books, recipe books, home remedies, cbk
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 two notebooks of slides from the Vietnam War donated by a Colonel James L. Hansen on February 25, 1970. One notebook shows 24 cases labeled "War Wounds," with a brief description and patient's last name (Slides # 1-186). The other notebook has slides of Vietnam labeled "Misc. Scenics" (Slides # 187-421).
Topics: James L. Hansen, Vietnam War, War Wounds, Vietnam Scenes
This collection contains materials related to the photographic and motion picture work of the Army during World War I and World War II. Primary source materials include correspondence, reports, and catalogues. Additional materials document the history of this effort.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Curatorial Records, Photography, Film, World War I, World War II
This collection consists of 76 prize-winning photographs from several years of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists annual contest. No reproductions allowed as the Otis Historical Archives does not hold the copyright. The following inventory includes information about the prize, photographer, title of the image, place the photograph was taken, and the NMHM accession number.
Topics: American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Pathology, Photograph Competition
Excerpts from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's (AFIP) annual reports, from the years 1947-1991, pertaining to the Army Medical Museum.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
Catalog or logbook of items received at the Army Medical Museum from 1877-1879 for all collecting sections, including medical, surgical/pathological, comparative anatomy, and miscellaneous. Lists date invoice received, sender, shipment location and method, box contents and weight, and date that box was received. No specimen numbers noted.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, comparative anatomy, anatomical specimens, pathological...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Surgical/Pathological Section I (items related to surgical operations), including SS #s 7190-7447, dating from 1881-1884.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, surgical specimens
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1921. 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,...
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
This collection consists of material from Dr. F. F. Schiaffino's service in the Korean War as an Army toxicologist. After leaving the service, he worked for the FDA until his retirement.
Topics: F.F. Schiaffino, Korean War, Army Toxicologist, Toxicology, FDA
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Microscopical Section (prepared microscopic tissue sections) from 1918-1919. Includes Section numbers 12501-17500.
Topics: microscope slides, pathology, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
Catalog or logbook of illustrations used in the publications of the Surgeon General's Office, 1865-1893.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, illustrations
Catalog or logbook of miscellaneous items received at the Army Medical Museum, 1867-1877. Lists such items as "Chinese medicine," a pack of playing cards, riding whips, and animal skins. Includes Miscellaneous Section numbers 1-856.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
Catalog or logbook of Contributed Photographs at the Army Medical Museum, arranged alphabetically by patient's name, body part, or geographic location. Dates from ca. 1869-1894.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, photographs, Contributed Photographs
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,...
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,...
Unbound records of medical and/or scientific subject matter captured during the Vietnam War. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, scientific
A guide "designed to minimize the amount of radiation to which persons are exposed during the use of fluoroscopic shoe fitting devices."
Topics: fluoroscopy, irradiation, radiation, roentgen rays, x-rays, shoe fitting, public health, Committee...
Wet tissue and microscopical slide specimens from the American Civil War in the Museum.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, Civil War, surgery, tuberculosis, microscopy
Written by the students of The Army School of Nursing's class of 1925. 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,...
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Microscopical Section (prepared microscopic tissue sections) from 1880-1898, of pathological specimens referred to the microscopical section.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook, pathological specimens, pathology
Catalog or logbook of the Army Medical Museum's Miscellaneous Section, with items numbered MS 1-1046, with "old number" and donor cross references. Dates from 1883-1889. Items as diverse as lumbar vertebrae, antiseptic dressings, and cadet uniforms are noted.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, anatomical specimens, laboratory supplies, surgical supplies
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Medical Section (items related to diseases not surgically treated). Includes Section numbers 882-1477, renumbered as PS (Pathological Section) numbers 8331-8927. Dates from 1864-1879.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, diseases, anatomical specimens
Richard (Dick) Levinson served as the Medical Museum's Community Relations Specialist or Public Affairs Officer from 1989 to 1995. Levinson produced press releases and coordinated relations with the media. The records include material on the campaign to relocate the Museum to the National Mall, a proposed study of Abraham Lincoln's DNA to determine if he had Marfan's Syndrome, alternative medicine activities at the Museum, exhibit information, activities of Museum director Marc Micozzi, and...
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Community Relations, Public Affairs,...
Ruth Kulstad collected this material while serving as an editor for Science. Additional material that she collected can be found in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Archives.
Topics: AIDS Ephemera, HIV/AIDS, Ruth Kulstad, American Association for the Advancement of Science
"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), of crania and skeletons of fishes. No date.
Topics: catalog, logbook, Army Medical Museum, fish, veterinary, comparative anatomy
Unbound records of medical and/or scientific subject matter captured during the Vietnam War. Untranslated. Author unknown.
Topics: medical, Vietnam, Vietnam War, journal, scientific
Jeanne Levin served as NMHM tour coordinator in the 1990s. Series in this collection reflect the following major subject areas: administrative material, museum attendance, tours, and the volunteer docent program. The records also include information about other museums as well as a wealth of background and research material on the subject of the NMHM, its exhibits, and a variety of subjects in the history of medicine field that the NMHM engaged over the period of her tenure.
Topics: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Museum Records, Tour Coordinator, Jeanne Levin
This collection consists of autopsy reports and 76 photographs mounted on cardboard. Images are primarily autopsy and clinical photographs from American Expeditionary Forces hospitals in Vichy, France. Also includes images of the hospitals and staff; many have captions. Some of the photographs were possibly taken by the eight staff members of the Army Medical Museum who were dispatched to France (Vichy, Dijon, Paris and Chaumont) in Sept. 1918, to take over the role of collecting medical...
Topics: American Expeditionary Forces, Hospitals, World War I, Army Medical Museum, Photographs
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Medical Section (items related to diseases not surgically treated). Includes Section numbers 1-1217. No date. Indexed to Catalogue of the Medical Section of the US Army Medical Museum, Washington DC,: GPO, 1867
Topics: anatomical, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, catalog, logbook
A magazine on the reconstruction of soldiers and sailors, World War 1 from August 1918.
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Topics: reconstruction, rehabilitation, therapy, vocational therapy, physical therapy, American Red Cross
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
The collection consists of material from the dental office of the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Des Moines. The items were removed from the ship in 1993 by personnel of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, who then donated them to Otis Historical Archives in 1996. The collection includes mostly published material: manuals, equipment instructions, Navy regulations, and books. The only original documents are seven photographs. The collection was maintained as a unit due to conditions of donation; it...
Topics: U.S.S. Des Moines, Dental Office, Dental Manual, Dental Equipment, Navy Regulations, Dental Products
Bert Meyers, M.D. produced the holograms at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in conjunction with the Veterans Affairs and Medical Center in New Orleans. For medical education and to create well-defined, operative medical images, Meyers advocated the use of holograms in opposition to hand-drawn and traditional photographic two-dimensional illustrations. However, after experimenting with the technique in the early 1990's, Meyers concluded that it was not practical. Holographic images...
Topics: Bert Meyers, Holograms, Optics, Lasers
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
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,...
"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 Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 1993 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Army Medical Museum,...
The Army Medical Museum's section of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's 2003 annual report.
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Army Medical Museum, reports, annual reports
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
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
Catalog or logbook of the holdings of the Army Medical Museum's Anatomical Section (non-pathological anatomical specimens) from 1867-1869. Includes Anatomical Section numbers (AS) 1-534.
Topics: catalog, logbook, specimens, anatomical specimens, Army Medical Museum, osteology
Catalog or index listing contributors of cholera cases, listed alphabetically, with date sent and sender's address. Dates from 1867-1868.
Topics: Army Medical Museum, cholera, catalog, J.J. Woodward
Arthur John Vorwald (1904â1974)would not have considered himself a toxicologist but, as an experimental pathologist with specialization in dust disease of the lung, he became a pioneer of the field. He was one of the first investigators to practice exposure of experimental animals to controlled dust aerosols in inhalation chambers, and numerous early discoveries, including competent description of the lung lesion in asbestosis and the first production of lung cancers in rats with beryllium,...
Topics: Arthur Vorwald, Toxicology, Experimental Pathology, Dust Diseases, Lung Cancer, Asbestosis,...
Justin F. Simonds was born in Pawlett, Vermont on June 18, 1826. After studying medicine with local doctors, he attended and graduated from Castleton Medical College in June 1851. He relocated to Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he practiced medicine until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the War he served as a contract surgeon with the United States Army. From 1863-1864, he was assigned to Jackson Hospital in Memphis, TN. Emma L. Tyler was born in upstate New York on February 1, 1838. She attended...
Topics: Justin F. Simonds, Emma Simonds, Civil War Medicine, Contract Surgeon, Jackson Hospital, U.S....
Planned in 1991, the AFIP Oral History Project consists of 23 interviews with former AFIP directors and staff, conducted in 1992 and 1993. Eighteen of the interviews are recorded on videotape; the remaining five are on audiotape cassettes. Charles Stuart Kennedy, director of the Foreign Affairs Oral History Program at Georgetown University, conducted the interviews. The interviews cover the following topics: the subjects' background and education, development of their field, other AFIP staff,...
Topics: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Oral History, Medical Museum, AFIP, Charles Stuart Kennedy,...
