Series, reel america featuring films from the 1930s through the 1970s. Cspan3 created by the cabletv industry and funded by your local provider. Like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Announcer each week, american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Next, we visit the National Museum of health and medicine just outside washington, d. C. , to look at items in their civil war collection. Please note, 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. We were known then 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 we
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 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 we family call the old red brick in a buildi
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
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
Fruit in years to come when something happens. I know we are quite a bit ahead of time, you are going to have a 20minute break from now and then our next speaker will come up at that point. Thank you again. He heads the baur row of medicine for the navy. I lacked at his bay oh in the program, educated in georgia and hes had a great career in the Navy Commanding several hospitals, winning several awards and his most recent command was as the commander of walter reed, and i was so glad that he was here to hear the panel that we had with our medical peer to peer exercise. And hes going to talk to us now about navy medicine. With that, please help me welcome vice admiral matthew nathan. applause . Thank you, general, very much. Well, its a pleasure here and im honored to be able to speak in front of such a distinguished audience. Secretary schultz, mrs. Schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. General spees, distinguished flag officers, general office