Army Medical Museum (The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM))
2011-08-03 06:10 PM

Place > Military > Museum
1862-01-01
1862-12-31

Called the Army Medical Museum at the time of its founding in 1862, the National Museum of Health and Medicine was originally intended to serve as a base for the study of medical treatments during the American Civil War.

Sources

  • The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), part 1, vol 1, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1870).
    pp. vi View source information 

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Allen, Harrison

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Relationship updated: 2011-11-07 07:58 PM
  • ? - Nov 14, 1897
Relationship information: Allen donated specimens from soldiers to the museum.