Medical Sciences Film Collection

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Medical Sciences Film Collection

1938-1974

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36 Cubic feet (81 Films, 16mm)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662953

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences.

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Smithsonian interest in the medical sciences dates back to the Toner Lecture Series, which was established by Joseph M. Toner in 1872. The Secretary of the Institution served on the Board of Trustees for the fund that supported the series, and the Smithsonian published the lectures, which took place between 1873 and 1890, in its Miscellaneous Collections. In 1881, the Section of Materia Medica was established in the Department of Arts and Industries, United States Nation...