print email comment close National Museum of Health and Medicine URL: http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/ Description: "Established during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, this museum served as a center for the collection of specimens for research in military medicine and surgery." Today it houses such "anatifacts" as President Garfield's vertebrae (complete with his assassin's bullet), the evolution of the microscope, and early medical instruments. Features ongoing and past online exhibits as well as a browsable guide to the museum's historical, anatomical, and neuroanatomical collections. Searchable. Includes general information about the museum. Publisher: National Museum of Health and Medicine Library of Congress Subject Headings: Medical museums Medicine -- History Museums -- Washington (D.C.) LII Database Information: Record 12941 created by Barbara Bibel on 01/30/2001 Last modification on 10/06/2003 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 06/04/2006 Published: 01/30/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12941