Woodward collection, 1847-1884.

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Woodward collection, 1847-1884.

Includes correspondence, family photographs, reports, certificates, minutes of a National Academy of Sciences meeting (1879), notebooks, lists, newspaper clippings, reprints, and pamphlets. Includes material relating to Civil War medicine.

.25 cubic ft.

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Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884

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Joseph J. Woodward (1833-1884) was a surgeon in U.S. Army Medical Department. He is considered a pioneer in the field of microscopic photography. Woodward was among the surgeons attending President James Garfield after he was shot by Charles Guiteau. From the guide to the Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. President James Garfield, 1881, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) Physician, head of the Army Medical Museum's Medical an...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Army Medical Museum (U.S.)

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Woodward family

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