Results for "From Truman to Clinton: Presidents on Time (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)"

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   Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Reformer and Civil War Nurse

   • Date: March 29, 2012
   • Description: A profile of Dorothea Dix, a Civil War nurse and advocate for the mentally ill.

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   The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

   • Date: January 9, 2018
   • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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   International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part II

   • Date: June 15, 2017
   • Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.

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