Article ID: CBB000080437

150 years of collecting medical history at the Smithsonian Institution (1997)

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Description Introduction to a special issue. Other contents: Chelnick, J.M.: From stethoscopes to artificial hearts. Ott, Katherine: Opthalmology-optometric collections. Kondratas, Ramunas: Medical imaging. Spiess, Philip D., II: Toothkeys to prosthodontics. Wendt, Diane L., Jentsch, Eric W.: The pharmacy collection. Kondratas, Ramunas: Scientific medicines. Sharrer, G. Terry: Sopona and the bifurcated needle. Gossel, Patricia Peck: Public health collections. Gossel, Patricia Peck: Laboratory apparatus. Sharrer, G. Terry: Molecular medicine: Collecting a revolution in progress.


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Authors & Contributors
Post, Robert C.
Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory
Redman, Samuel J.
Turner, Steven
Nichols, Catherine
Chelnik, Judy M.
Concepts
Museums
Science
Anthropology
Societies; institutions; academies
Controversies and disputes
Science and politics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
Places
United States
Western states (U.S.)
California (U.S.)
Institutions
Smithsonian Institution
Royal Society of London
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