By Erika Mills and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) tells the unsettling tale of a young mother
Tag: 1900s
(Un)fit to Nurse: Efficiency and Discipline at the Philippine General Hospital, 1898–1916
An interview with Ren Capucao, MSN, RN on his NLM History Talk and his research on the Philippine General Hospital at the turn of the 20th century.
Hay Fever: The Nuisance of a New Season
By Erika Mills ~ Now that spring in underway in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be feeling a tickle in the nose alongside a warmth
Mayerle’s Lithographed International Test Chart, 1907
By Stephen P. Rice ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This multilingual eye-test chart, published in 1907, was the
“What do you See?”: Stereoscopic Pictures, 1942
By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Most people have two eyes directed forward. In ophthalmology textbooks
Making A Case for Comic Books in the Classroom
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Comics, whether created to entertain or inform, have a place in the classroom.
Elementary Hygiene for the Tropics, 1902
By Elizabeth Fee ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This sometimes charming, sometimes dreadful little book offers a series
Hospital Postcards from the American Hospital Association
By Ginny A. Roth ~ This National Postcard Week, celebrated May 1-7 2022, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce its recent
“Human bullets,” A Russo-Japanese War Photo Album
By Alexander Bay ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at an album of 50
Hospital Postcards: A Visual Chronicle by Collector W. Bruce Fye
Recently, a collection of more than 2,200 illustrated and real-photo postcards was generously donated to the National Library of Medicine by Dr. W. Bruce Fye,