Borden's Dream Realized

Borden's Dream Realized. Former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. , While the hospital continued to emphasize clinical microscopy and bacteriology, achievements in other fields set the standards for military and civilian care in fields such as dentistry and X-ray use. The circumstances of World War I and the high number of orthopedic injuries treated at Walter Reed made the hospital a standout in the field of orthopedic surgery; ensuring achievements in prosthetic development and patient rehabilitation gave the hospital further distinction as a national center for prosthetic fittings, which it still is today., The hospital's academic focus was reflected in the campus-like organization that expanded as new buildings and institutions were added. By 1923, the Walter Reed campus became the home of the Army Medical School, later known as the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) (shown on map on opposite panel). It was considered the first school of public health and preventive medicine in the world, and epidemiological field studies led by faculty included the investigations of yellow fever by Major Walter Reed. World War II era research topics included dengue fever, malaria, combat stress and wound treatment. In the arena of global medicine, WRAIR developed vaccines to prevent hepatitis A, meningococcal meningitis and adenovirus, and continues to work on malarial treatment and prevention., The Army Medical Museum was founded in 1862 to collect pathological specimens along with their case histories. Increased emphasis on pathology during the 20th century turned the museum, renamed the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in 1949, into an international resource for pathology and disease research. In 1955, with the relocation of the AFIP to the campus from downtown Washington, DC, Army medical training, research and patient care were consolidated on one campus for the first time, thus fully realizing Borden's dream.