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The D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine is a skill book in Fallout 3.

Characteristics[]

Reading this book permanently improves the Medicine skill of the player character by 1, or 2 with the Comprehension perk.

Locations[]

Collected? Closest map marker Image Location description

Abandoned car fort
D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine acf
To the south, past the wrecked train and radiated zone, in between some ant egg clutches, next to the corpse of a raider. The corpse may not appear in all games, but the loot should still be there, albeit a bit harder to spot.

Anchorage Memorial
Skill books Anchorage Memorial
In the facility, on the bottom floor in the clinic on a table next to the one above the safe, behind a light

Big Town
Reds light reading
Red's clinic, in the kitchen

Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro
DC Journal of Internal Medicine Falls Church Mason
In a bathroom on top of a first aid box mounted on the wall

Fort Constantine
Bomb Storage Most notable loot
Bomb Storage, on a table next to a Fat Man where you find the T-51b power armor. Can only be accessed with Ted Strayer's, Dukov's and Dave's special keys

Georgetown West
DC Journal of IM DCTA tunnel 014-B Potomac
In DCTA tunnel 014-B Potomac, through a long water-filled tunnel, on a console with two stimpaks. A mirelurk king may spawn in this room

Germantown Police HQ
DC Journal of IM Germantown Police HQ
Upper floor, on the conference room's table. Note: There is a mine right beyond the door in this room. If you set it off instead of disarming it the book can be sent flying off the table and be difficult to find. Note: there are two rooms with long wooden tables on this floor. The conference room has blue cushy chairs around the table.

Greener Pastures disposal site
Fo3 wasteland recluse
In the makeshift shack in the northeastern area

Hallowed Moors Cemetery
FO3 DCJOIM Hallowed Moors Cemetery
On the bookshelf

Jalbert Brothers waste disposal
DC Journal of Internal Medicine JB waste disposal
In the office on the top of a bookshelf

Mason Dixon Salvage
DC Journal of IM Mason Dixon Salvage
In the abandoned shack with the broken refrigerator, sitting on the floor

MDPL-21 power station
DC Journal of IM wastelander lake hideout
To the north-northeast of the power station is a Wastelander lake hideout. At the very top of the map is an irradiated pool marked by toxic barrels with a shipping crate in the back. Swim through the crater and you'll find a small cave with the book on a desk.

Minefield
FO3 DCJOIM Minefield
In Benson house, upstairs in the main bedroom on a desk

Museum of History
DC Journal of IM Museum of History
On a shelf in the kitchen of Museum of History, Lower Halls. Eastern side of the map

Oasis
DC Journal of IM Oasis sunken chambers
After you enter the Sunken Chamber in the Oasis Cavern, it is up a path on the left in a crate.

Our Lady of Hope Hospital
DC Journal of IM OL of Hope ground floor
In a room of the first floor guarded by a centaur

Our Lady of Hope Hospital, upstairs
DC Journal of IM OL of Hope 2nd floor
Second floor, cantina (room with the gas leak), on a table

Red Racer factory
DC Journal of IM Red Racer factory
Near the cafeteria, on the east side of the map, on top of large machines, under a bucket behind a toolbox on Factory Floor Level. Must drop down from a catwalk.

Relay tower KX-B8-11
DC Journal of IM drainage chamber Signal OZ
In a drainage tunnel to the southeast

Rivet City
Fo3 DC Journal of IM Pinkerton lab
In Rivet City bow, in Pinkerton's lab, behind a skeleton. Must be stolen.

RobCo facility
DC Journal of Internal Medicine RobCo facility
Offices and cafeteria, first floor, computer office room, just southeast of the stairs going up

Roosevelt Academy
DC Journal of IM Roosevelt Academy
Nurse's Office on the first floor of the Academy building

The Capitol Building
DC Journal of IM Capitol Building HofC
In Hall of Columns, upper level on a railing near a Talon Company sniper

Vault 92
Malleus note 4
In the southernmost room of the Living Quarters, on a table next to a Laboratory terminal

Vernon Square East
DC Journal of IM Vernon Square sewer
In the crater with the crashed Delta IX rocket, there is a sewer entrance with some super mutants inside. The book is on one of the shelves. Note: You'll need a large amount of RadAway and Rad-X, as this is possibly the second highest concentration of radiation in the game (40 rads/sec).

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