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NATIONAL LIBRARY of MEDICINE
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, Maryland
JANUARY 14-APRIL 25, 1980 
   The  National  Library of  Medicine is pleased to
exhibit  some 40 works of art selected from the exten-
sive collection of the  U.S. Army Center of Military
History.  The paintings will be on  display in the
Library's lobby  from January 14 through April 25,
1980.
   The subjects are  scenes of military medicine  from
World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam.  They range  from
frontline aid being administered by corpsmen, to rear
echelon hospitals, to scenes of medical research being
conducted by the armed forces. The paintings  were
done by a variety of talented artists some of whose
names, such as Peter Blume and Joseph Hirsch, will
be familiar to many  viewers.
   The  National Library of Medicine  has a  special
interest  in the subject of military medicine since the
present-day collection  traces  its  roots back to 1836
and  the  Library  of  the  Army  Surgeon-General's
Office.  That modest collection of books and journals
grew  over the years  and  became,  successively, the
Army  Medical Library,  the  Armed  Forces Medical
Library and, finally,  in  1956, by act of  Congress,
the National Library of Medicine.
   The Library is grateful to the U.S. Army  Center of
Military History for its cooperation  in preparing the
exhibition.   Special  thanks  are due to Brig.  Gen.
James  L.  Collins, Jr., and Col.  Earl  L. Ziebell of the
Center  and  to  curators  Marion McNaughton and
Marylou Gjernes of the Center's Army Art Activity.

   The public is invited to view the paintings during
the Library's regular hours: Monday  through Friday,
8:30 a.m.  to 9:00 p.m.,  and  Saturday, 8:30 a.m.  to
5 p.m.
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by Robert Benney-Watercolor    \mr%.   $
Front Line Surgery,
by John Stewart Curry-Oil on Canvas
           Treating a Mule,
by Joseph Hirsch-Watercolor
      Fracture Ward (Detail),
by Peter Blume-Oil on Canvas
Cover: Convoy, by Roger Blum-Watercolor 
         Pencil Sketch
by Marion Greenwood.
After the Fascist Fair, by Joseph Hirsch-Oil on Canvas
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
                  Public Health Service
               National Institutes of Health