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The Museum's collections of medical science artifacts represent nearly all aspects of health and medical practice
 
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Cognitive Decline and Dementia: It's Not Just Genes
Featuring Dr. Stephen Petrill, Pennsylvania State University, discussing his cutting-edge brain research
Accessibility and Ergonomics
Freeze Frame: Eadweard Muybridge's Photography of Motion
Famous photographs of animal and human locomotion, and never-before-seen historical materials
The Disability Rights Movement
Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Medicine
Artificial Anatomy: Papier-Mache Anatomical Models
The history and conservation of papier-mâché models and a "Body Parts" game
Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection
Selected objects from the Museum’s significant collection of patent medicines. Begun in 1930, the collection has grown to over 4,000 products dating from the 19th century to the present day
Charles S. Peskin and David M. McQueen
Interview with heart simulation inventors
Project HOPE: Forty Years of American Medicine Abroad
The history of "Health Opportunities for People Everywhere"
Whatever Happened to Polio?
The story of the polio epidemic in the United States, from vaccine development to current world efforts to stop polio
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American History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America
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Science, Medicine & Society Division
preserves and interprets the rich material legacy of the medical sciences in America
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