Medicine, and trauma and share it with their counterparts on the battlefield. This museum and its collection started during the war and in the early days, the museum was housed in the Surgeon Generals office. The first artifacts were on a shelf and in a building that we know as the Riggs Bank Building near the white house. But wasnt until after the tragic events of the assassination of president lincoln that the museum moved into its first longterm residence and moved into fords theater before moving to what became the National Mall in a building built in the 1880 that that we familiarly call the old red brick. A building that is no longer there, but was in the location where the gallery is today. And the museum moved in 1968 from its now former location on the National Mall to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in washington, d. C. , where it was housed for years before moving to silver spring, where we are today. The museum today is a museum of 25 million objects. Most of those are in f
Especially in comparison. Thank you, it has been an honor. Dr. Carson, dr. Wilson. Thank you very much. [applause] you are watching American History tv, 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for the schedule of upcoming programs and history news. Each week, american artifacts these americans into Historic Sites around the country. We visit the National Museum of health in Washington Health just outside of washington, d. C. To look at artifacts related to the assassination of president lincoln. Guide our final stop today is an exhibit on the assassination of president lincoln. These are artifacts collected during those hours that surgeons were treating him after he was shot at fords theatre, and during, and after his autopsy the next day. You might remember that Abraham Lincoln is shot at fords theatre at about 10 30 a. M. On friday the 14th, 1855. This is just a few days after the surrender to grant at appomattox, effectively ending t
On the u. S. Strategy in u. S. And iraq and afghanistan. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into museums and Historic Sites across the country. We visit the u. S. National museum of health and medicine. Some viewers may find images in this program disturbing. Mr. Clarke welcome. Im tim clarke and im the museums Deputy Director and we are spending time on the civil war medicine exhibit and special other things to show you. The National Museum of health and medicine was founded in 1862 and known as the Army Medical Museum and the mission was to collect specimens of morbid anatomy and send them to washington to study to improve the care of the soldier. At the time of the civil war the museums staff were doing the business of Lessons Learned. They were trying to understand the nature of Battlefield Medicine, and trauma and share it with their counterparts on the battlefield. This museum and its collection started during the war and in the early days, the museum was housed in the S
Follow us on twitter. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into museums and Historic Sites across the country. Next, we visit the u. S. National museum of health and medicine. To look at items related to president lincolns assassination. Our final stop today features artifacts that were collected during those hours that insurgents were treating him after he was shot at ford theater. And during and after his autopsy the next day. You might remember that Abraham Lincoln shot at ford theater at about 1030 on friday the 14th of april, 1865. This is just a few days after lee surrendered to grant at appomattox, effectively ending the civil war. Lincoln is at the play and a shot in the back of the head by john wilkes booth. Buy a small lead bullet. That bullet exactly on display here. I do concede in the small glass globe. The bullet was collected the next day. In the hours though, just shortly after lincoln is shot, the surgeon general, Joseph Barnes response to the president side. De
The actions amount to a coup against democracy. A marathon 16hour session, the assembly rushed through the new draft constitution. The few remaining liberals and christians notice what they say is too much emphasis on islam in the draft. Egyptian law should follow the principles of the islamic law, like the old constitution. And this they will protect the true nature of the egyptian family and protect morals and values, something could be used to compose islamic values. They dont like the fact that the constitution has no guaranteed equality of both men and women. As soon as there is a referendum on the constitution, he will give up his controversial powers. We are passing through a very short but very important phase. Nobel prize winner says that the draft constitution should be put in a garbage can of history. And once again, the protesters are forcing noisy opposition. They never divided the egyptians, we have no understanding if he is the president of egypt or the of the muslim bro