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Visiting               the               National               Museum               of               Medicine               and               Health,               Washington,               D.

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was               not               really               on               my               agenda               when               I               moved               in               at               Georgetown               University               in               the               nations               capital.

But,               having               four               years               dotted               with               many               free               afternoons,               a               few               mini               breaks               and               scores               of               weekends,               I               had               plenty               of               chances               for               museum               visits.

It               was               only               a               question               of               time               before               I               got               around               to               the               second               or               third               tier               of               offerings.

So               with               trips               to               the               National               Archives,               the               Smithsonian,               the               National               Gallery               of               Art               and               all               the               monuments               one               could               manage               already               salted               away               I               agreed               to               accompany               a               friend               to               the               most               bizarre               museum               I               have               ever               visited               and               also               one               of               the               most               interesting.

Perhaps               the               trip               seemed               a               little               more               reasonable               because               like               my               Georgetown               University               dormitory,               the               National               Museum               of               Medicine               and               Health               in               Washington,               D.

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is               located               in               the               north-west               quadrant               of               the               city               at               6900               Georgia               Avenue,               adjacent               to               the               Walter               Reed               Army               Medical               Center.

A               second               hurdle               to               the               venture               was               cleared               when               I               was               told               that               admission               was               free.

Not               only               could               this               be               an               interesting               side               trip               for               families               on               a               budget,               it               was               a               great               idea               for               curious               students               with               little               or               no               funding.
               My               memories               of               that               visit               are               of               an               eclectic               building               with               displays               either               looking               like               they               had               literally               been               pulled               out               of               the               passed               that               very               day               or               were               somehow               just               in               the               process               of               being               created.

The               order               and               placement               of               exhibits               was               intriguing               to               say               the               least.

Still               the               National               Museum               of               Medicine               and               Health               in               Washington,               D.

C.

did               contain               some               very               compelling               bits               of               medical               history               especially               for               those               who               loved               history               or               had               an               interest               in               medical               phenomenon.
               Where               else               can               you               see,               close               up               and               personal,               the               actual               bullet               that               killed               President               Lincoln?

Not               only               can               you               see               the               bullet               but               to               add               more               realism               to               the               display               there               are               also               pieces               of               Lincoln's               remains.

A               ghoulish               aspect               of               this               same               display               is               a               plaster               form               of               the               president's               hands               and               his               head.

We               felt               this               was               about               as               close               as               you               could               get               to               the               actual               assassination               as               you               would               care               to               and               was               actually               a               good               follow               up               to               what               we               had               already               seen               at               Ford's               Theater.
               Coming               from               the               same               time               period,               you               could               review               lots               of               artifacts               coming               out               of               the               Civil               War.

We               were               history               nuts               so               we               loved               it               but               there               was               plenty               to               see               for               the               curiosity               seeker               as               well.

Most               memorable               was               a               display               of               the               leg               bone               of               Civil               War               Gen.

Daniel               Sickles,               that's               right               the               actual               leg               bone.

Adjacent               is               a               facsimile               of               the               cannon               shot               that               pierced               the               leg               and               resulted               in               its               amputation.

We               marveled               at               the               sight               but               also               questioned               why               and               how               the               bone               was               saved               and               first               came               to               be               displayed.
               Oddities               abound               at               the               National               Museum               of               Medicine               and               Health,               Washington,               D.

C.

While               it's               not               a               great               place               for               small               children,               tweens               and               teens               will               both               be               "freaked               out"               and               amazed               at               what               they               can               view.

There               is               a               gangrene               leg,               a               giant               fur               ball               and               lots               of               skeletal               remains.

But               there               are               also               exhibits               that               are               meant               to               increase               awareness               of               current               health               issues.
               Two               suggestions               if               you               plan               to               visit               the               National               Museum               of               Medicine               and               Health               are               first               it's               probably               not               the               place               you               want               to               go               right               before               or               right               after               lunch.

Second,               check               in               on               the               site               before               you               visit               as               the               Museum               is               in               the               process               of               being               moved               to               Navy               property               in               Bethesda,               MD.

When               its               fully               moved               it               will               still               be               a               great               museum               take,               but               not               quite               as               convenient               to               access               -               well               at               least               not               for               students               at               Georgetown               University.
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