title: Medical museum, 2nd surgical hospital.
abstract: When his unit, the 2nd Surgical Hospital (MA), was established at An Khe in January 1966, MAJ Rich began collecting retrieved foreign bodies along with documentation of the wound. A museum displaying these objects was established at one end of the operating room Quonset hut. During Rich's tour of duty, there were 324 cases where the patient was wounded by a punji stick, representing 38% wounds because of hostile action.
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hawk
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D047829:Vietnam Conflict; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy