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Welcome to this month’s edition of our e-newsletter. Enjoy this brief update on upcoming exhibitions and public programs and the occasional interesting bit of news from our collections.
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THIS MONTH:
 The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is exhibiting the amputated leg of Union Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles at its headquarters in Fort Detrick, MD. On July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg in western Pennsylvania, Sickles was astride his horse, marching Third Corps along a ridge, without approval, when a cannonball shattered his right leg. As medics carted Sickles from the field, he puffed a cigar and waved to bolster morale among troops already devastated by the losses in the Confederate attack. The Union held its line that day, but Sickles lost his leg. He returned to private life with a carefully preserved personal reminder of the sacrifices made in war. For more information, read our news release.
 NMHM and NIH collaborators recently debuted the "Embryo App,"featuring images from the world-renowned Carnegie Collection of Embryology. The application was developed in partnership with clinicians and developers from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Library of Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. View the poster online here.
The application enables users to learn about early human development from images of actual embryos. The app also offers useful information about how a pregnancy progresses, including built-in pregnancy and ovulation calculators.
The Carnegie Collection of Embryology focuses on normal development in the first eight weeks after fertilization.
The Embryo App is free and available from the Apple App Store.
 Sign up for a Museum outreach program! The Museum is taking some of its most successful tours and programs on the road to various locations, such as schools, libraries and summer camps. To schedule an outreach program, please call the Tour Program Manager at 202-782-2500 or e-mail nmhminfo@afip.osd.mil.
Calendar of Upcoming Programs:
Check out the Events Calendar for updates:
http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum/events/event_2ed.html.
Medical Museum Science Café, featuring author Matthew Algeo
When:Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Silver Spring Civic Center, Fenton Room
One Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.silverspringdowntown.com
In "The President Is a Sick Man," author and journalist Matthew Algeo offers the first full account of a monumental political scandal that shook the Gilded Age. In July 1893, President Grover Cleveland boarded a yacht somewhere off Long Island Sound and seemingly vanished for five days. What the American public did not know was that a dream team of surgeons had been assembled on the boat to remove a cancerous growth from Cleveland’s jaw (the Museum has histological slides with samples of the tumor). When a reporter attempted to expose the truth behind the president’s disappearance, he was immediately discredited by White House staff who had decided Americans could not know the truth.
Join this discussion about public perception and presidential health. Copies of the book will be available for purchase; a book signing will follow.
Presented by the National Museum of Health and Medicine. For more information, please call 202-782-2673.
Cost: Free |
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