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Surgeon General William A. Hammond founded the Army Medical Museum in 1862 to “document the effects of war wounds and disease on the human body.” Its staff has conducted pioneering research on infectious diseases, pathology, and medical techniques.

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Museum researchers “contributed to discovering the cause of yellow fever and developing a vaccination for typhoid fever.” The Army Medical Museum was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.
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Originally located in the former Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the museum focused on army medicine and artifacts from the Civil War and subsequent world wars, including the wars in Vietnam and Korea.
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