For immediate release: O&P and National Museum of Heath and Medicine
Reznick, Jeffrey S. PhD CONTR
Description
Collection
Title:
For immediate release: O&P and National Museum of Heath and Medicine
Creator:
Reznick, Jeffrey S. PhD CONTR
Date:
9/13/2005
Text:
National Museum of Health and Medicine Seeks to Grow O&P-Related
Collections
The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology (NMHM/AFIP) inspires interest in personal and public health
and promotes understanding of medicine - past, present, and future -
with a special emphasis on American military medicine. In achieving this
mission, the NMHM has had a significant history of collecting and
displaying orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) related technology. For
example, the museum's current Battlefield Surgery 101 exhibit includes
a selection of prostheses dating from the 1860s to the present. This
display shows visitors how the field of prosthetics has changed over
time, consistently representing unique art and medical science. The
exhibit also includes an Otto Bock C-Leg, which is on loan to the museum
from the Prosthetic Laboratory of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The NMHM seeks your help to insure that the field of O&P continues to be
well-represented in the museum's collections, so that the resources
identified by you and your colleagues can be used to advance scholarly
and public understanding of O&P itself, physical disability, and the
various disciplines within the field rehabilitation medicine and
technology.
To this end, the NMHM would be delighted to receive donations of
watershed O&P technology, including prototypes and other newly-developed
orthoses and prostheses. The museum would welcome examples of such
technology that are complete, but they do not need to be fully
operational or in perfect condition. We would also welcome donations of
scholarly papers, popular publications, technical manuals, and
commercial catalogs that relate to O&P technology.
The museum especially welcomes donations of technology and literature
associated with:
1. The care of U.S. service members and veterans during wartime,
including World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and the current Global
the War on Terrorism;
2. The role of Veterans Administration Hospitals and their staffs in the
field of rehabilitation medicine, specifically orthotics and
prosthetics;
3. Programmatic and research cooperations between 501(c)(3) nonprofit
charities, such as the Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund
(www.opfund.org) and military and/or federal agencies (eg. Army, U.S.
Agency for International Development, etc.) that help to enable
individuals with physical disabilities - especially those served by
professionals in the O&P community - to enjoy the rewards of personal
achievement, physical fitness, and social interaction;
4. O&P companies that have, whether today or in the past, received
military and/or federal government contracts to design and develop
assistive technology, specifically orthoses and prostheses, to benefit
military and/or civilian populations; and
5. The longstanding relationship between O&P and competition in national
and international sporting events, including the Paralympics.
Please note that in every instance, the museum seeks to collect O&P
technology that donors would deem to be redundant, nonessential, and/or
no longer central to the provision of care to an individual with a
disability. In collecting O&P and related rehabilitation technology, we
do not in any way want to deny this technology to individuals who choose
to use it.
Donations to the NMHM are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed
by U.S. law. To learn about recent donations to please consult NMHM news
releases at: <URL Redacted>
The museum would also be grateful to have its name and address placed on
mailing lists that are used to provide the general public with
information about O&P, its professionals, and its industries.
For additional information, please contact:
Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D.
Senior Curator
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC 20306-6000
Tel (202) 782-2208
Fax (202) 782-3573
<Email Address Redacted>
www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum
Collections
The National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology (NMHM/AFIP) inspires interest in personal and public health
and promotes understanding of medicine - past, present, and future -
with a special emphasis on American military medicine. In achieving this
mission, the NMHM has had a significant history of collecting and
displaying orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) related technology. For
example, the museum's current Battlefield Surgery 101 exhibit includes
a selection of prostheses dating from the 1860s to the present. This
display shows visitors how the field of prosthetics has changed over
time, consistently representing unique art and medical science. The
exhibit also includes an Otto Bock C-Leg, which is on loan to the museum
from the Prosthetic Laboratory of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
The NMHM seeks your help to insure that the field of O&P continues to be
well-represented in the museum's collections, so that the resources
identified by you and your colleagues can be used to advance scholarly
and public understanding of O&P itself, physical disability, and the
various disciplines within the field rehabilitation medicine and
technology.
To this end, the NMHM would be delighted to receive donations of
watershed O&P technology, including prototypes and other newly-developed
orthoses and prostheses. The museum would welcome examples of such
technology that are complete, but they do not need to be fully
operational or in perfect condition. We would also welcome donations of
scholarly papers, popular publications, technical manuals, and
commercial catalogs that relate to O&P technology.
The museum especially welcomes donations of technology and literature
associated with:
1. The care of U.S. service members and veterans during wartime,
including World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and the current Global
the War on Terrorism;
2. The role of Veterans Administration Hospitals and their staffs in the
field of rehabilitation medicine, specifically orthotics and
prosthetics;
3. Programmatic and research cooperations between 501(c)(3) nonprofit
charities, such as the Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund
(www.opfund.org) and military and/or federal agencies (eg. Army, U.S.
Agency for International Development, etc.) that help to enable
individuals with physical disabilities - especially those served by
professionals in the O&P community - to enjoy the rewards of personal
achievement, physical fitness, and social interaction;
4. O&P companies that have, whether today or in the past, received
military and/or federal government contracts to design and develop
assistive technology, specifically orthoses and prostheses, to benefit
military and/or civilian populations; and
5. The longstanding relationship between O&P and competition in national
and international sporting events, including the Paralympics.
Please note that in every instance, the museum seeks to collect O&P
technology that donors would deem to be redundant, nonessential, and/or
no longer central to the provision of care to an individual with a
disability. In collecting O&P and related rehabilitation technology, we
do not in any way want to deny this technology to individuals who choose
to use it.
Donations to the NMHM are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed
by U.S. law. To learn about recent donations to please consult NMHM news
releases at: <URL Redacted>
The museum would also be grateful to have its name and address placed on
mailing lists that are used to provide the general public with
information about O&P, its professionals, and its industries.
For additional information, please contact:
Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D.
Senior Curator
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC 20306-6000
Tel (202) 782-2208
Fax (202) 782-3573
<Email Address Redacted>
www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum
Citation
Reznick, Jeffrey S. PhD CONTR, “For immediate release: O&P and National Museum of Heath and Medicine,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225397.
