Figure zi. Exhibii on uh developmeni <>i blood-pressuri instruments and the earl) 

 aoth-centurj sphygmomanometers which was completed in i960. Smithsonian photo 



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and Technology was tpleted, and opened to the 



public in 1964. I he of] ces of the Division oi Medical 

 Sciences as well .is the reference and stud) collections 

 were moved to the fifth floor of the new building. 

 The exhibits, however, will be displayed in tin- gallery 

 at the southwest corner of the lirst floor. These 

 exhibits, it is Imped, will show a new dimension and 

 an unprecedented approach in displa) ing the develop- 

 ment of the healing arts throughout the ages and the 

 instruments and equipment associated with health 

 professions. They also present the expanding ob- 

 jectives and plans of the Division's growth as an 

 integral part of the Smithsonian Institution. ( on- 

 veniently, the exhibits form lour, closely connected 



halls in one large fallen which will lie open to the 

 public in the summers of 1 965 to 1 966. 



I . I 111 1 1 m 1 in Health displays models and 

 graphic and historical exhibit materials to demon- 

 strate the I unction of the \ arious healthy organ! 

 human body. The main topics emphasized are: 

 embryology and childbirth: tooth structure: the 

 hi hi and blood circulation; respiration; the endocrine 

 glands; kidneys and the urinary-excretor) system: 

 the brain and the nervous system; the ear; and vision 

 and the use ol eyegl 



The most appreciated exhibit ol all in this Hall is 

 the "transparent woman" figure which rotates, 

 automatically, ever) 15 minutes with 

 message de cribing the function of each 1 

 of the body at the same time that the organ •■ 

 ironically lighted, so that the viewer < an see us place 

 in the bod\ 



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