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 Hands-on area of the exhibit. Military Medicine at MackinacThe new exhibit, as of June 2006, in the 1829 Post Hospital--Military Medicine at Mackinac--takes you far beyond the familiar story of Dr. William Beaumont to focus on the state of early 19th-century medicine on Mackinac Island and the methods of diagnosis and treatment practiced during that time. One room of the hospital has a children’s area with a giant, hands-on stethoscope and an enormous microscope they can use. Nearby visitors can read about the careers of five of the fort’s physicians—including Beaumont, Wolcott, and William Hammond, who later became a U.S. Surgeon General— on exhibit panels.  The "virtual" doctor, Erastus Wolcott making his rounds. "Virtual Physician" ExhibitA popular audio visual exhibit in the ward room is the “virtual” physician from the 1830s named Erastus Wolcott. He makes his rounds and commenting on three actual cases he managed at the fort. Erastus Wolcott disappears and a modern doctor appears and offers her contemporary diagnoses and courses of treatment for comparison. A case of surgical tools from the 1880s. Artifact VitrinesThere are a series of exhibit cubes presenting medical artifacts from the 1880s. Period setting of the physician's office in the Post Hospital. Doctor's Office Period SettingVisitors can view a period setting of the doctor's office in the Fort Hospital which includes a realistic vaccination scene of a young boy from the 1880s. |
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