Health & Medicine
The Museum's collections of medical science artifacts represent nearly all aspects of health and medical practice. Highlights include early X-ray apparatuses, such as one of Wilhelm Roentgen's tubes, penicillin mold from Alexander Fleming’s experiments, and Jonas Salk's original polio vaccine. More recent acquisitions include the first artificial heart implanted in a human, the earliest genetically engineered drugs, and materials related to David, the "Bubble Boy." Other artifacts range from artificial limbs and implant devices to bloodletting and dental instruments, beauty products, and veterinary equipment. The contents of a medieval apothecary shop and an 1890s drugstore form part of the collections, along with patent and alternative medicines. The collections also document the many differing perspectives on health and medical issues, from patients, family members, doctors, nurses, medical students, and out-of-the-mainstream health practitioners.
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Presenting the Claims of Wheeler's Tissue Phosphates
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2000.0137.117
- accession number
- 2000.0137
- catalog number
- 2000.0137.117
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Artificial Eye
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1996.0086.01
- accession number
- 1996.0086
- catalog number
- 1996.0086.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Artificial Eye
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1996.0086.03
- accession number
- 1996.0086
- catalog number
- 1996.0086.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Polio Pioneer Button Given to a Participant in the 1954 Polio Vaccine Field Trials
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1954
- ID Number
- 1996.0336.01
- accession number
- 1996.0336
- catalog number
- 1996.0336.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Botulism Immune Globulin - Human, for Intravenous Use, 500 mg Lyophilized - Prepared for the California Department of Health Services Infant Botulism Program
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories
- ID Number
- 1999.0106.1
- catalog number
- 1999.0106.1
- accession number
- 1999.0106
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Nail File with Celluloid Handle
- Description (Brief)
- A file made of ferrous metal with a cream celluloid handle marked "Ivory Pyralin DuBarry."
- Pyralin, the trade name of celluloid produced by the Arlington Co., derived from the word pyroxylin. DuPont used the term in the 1920s and 1930s. The "DuBarry" line of celluloid dresser set articles, the first and most popular line from the Arlington Co., was continued by DuPont.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1925
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1430
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1430
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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SMART Direct Anthrax Spore Detection Kit for Environmental Sampling - Sensitive Membrane Antigen Rapid Test for Anthrax
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- New Horizons Diagnostics Corporation
- ID Number
- 1998.0308.07
- catalog number
- 1998.0308.07
- accession number
- 1998.0308
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Polio Pioneer Membership Certificate Given to a Participant in the 1954 Polio Vaccine Field Trials
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1954
- ID Number
- 1996.0336.02
- accession number
- 1996.0336
- catalog number
- 1996.0336.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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box, microscope slides
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Associated Name
- City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- ID Number
- ZZ.RSN82837X19
- accession number
- 2017.0184
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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button
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1986.0666.160
- accession number
- 1986.0666
- catalog number
- 1986.0666.160
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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button
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1986.0666.175
- accession number
- 1986.0666
- catalog number
- 1986.0666.175
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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SMART Cholera Detection Kit - Sensitive Membrane Antigen Rapid Test for Cholera
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- New Horizons Diagnostics Corporation
- ID Number
- 1998.0308.08
- catalog number
- 1998.0308.08
- accession number
- 1998.0308
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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IDE's Blood Diagnostic Set for Syphilis
- Description
- Blood Diagnostic set for Syphilis contained in wooden box. Marked: "IDE's Blood Diagnostic Set for Syphilis, J. Oiso and Co., HonGo, Tokyo." Consisting of eight pipettes, two test tubes, two test tube brushes, three glass slides, one puncture needle, two hollow slides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1980.0186.112
- catalog number
- 1980.0186.112
- accession number
- 1980.0186
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Corset and Whalebone Scrimshaw Busk
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1825 - 1835
- fashion
- 19th century
- ID Number
- CS.287645.001
- catalog number
- 287645.001
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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crutches, pair of
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1997.0119.03.02
- accession number
- 1997.0119
- catalog number
- 1997.0119.03.02
- accession number
- 1997.0119
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lectures on Biological Products
- Description
- Published by Parke, Davis & Co. in 1927, the lectures contained in this book were reprinted from materials provided within a correspondence course. Topics discussed include serums, antitoxins, smallpox vaccines, bacterial vaccines, pollen extracts, protein extracts, gland products, and also the fundamentals of bacteriology.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1927
- maker
- Parke, Davis and Company
- ID Number
- 2001.3066.13
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3066
- catalog number
- 2001.3066.13
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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For Your Recovery
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1992.3125.22
- nonaccession number
- 1992.3125
- catalog number
- 1992.3125.022
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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button
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1986.0666.152
- accession number
- 1986.0666
- catalog number
- 1986.0666.152
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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button
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1986.0666.156
- accession number
- 1986.0666
- catalog number
- 1986.0666.156
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Bill
- Description
- Camera-ready pen and ink drawings by Rube Goldberg for his two comic series Bill and Boob McNutt dated June 12, 1932. Goldberg drew for the Bill series between 1931 and 1934, and the Boob McNutt series between 1915 and 1934.
- Bill and girlfriend Sally try to recover stolen jewels with the help of old Captain Jim. Boob and Mike and Ike are thought to have been killed while flying on the damaged dirigible.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- June 12, 1932
- original artist
- Goldberg, Rube
- publisher
- Star Company
- ID Number
- GA.23496
- accession number
- 1972.299186
- catalog number
- GA*23496
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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