By Ayman Yasin Atat ~ During my recent visit to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), I had the privilege of exploring a manuscript, MS
Tag: NLM DeBakey Fellowship
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine supports research in the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. The Fellowship was established in 2016 and is supported by from The DeBakey Medical Foundation.
“St. John’s Court Is No More”: Code Enforcement and The Baltimore Plan for Housing
By Daniel G. Cumming ~ It was an unusual commute. In the late 1930s, Dr. Huntington Williams, commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department, and
Mission and Mandate: Navigating the History of Science Administration at the NIH
By Todd M. Olszewski ~ As a historian, I study the intersections among clinical medicine, health research, and health policy. What interests me especially is
Revealing Data: Navigating Historical Biomedical Technology Research with Digital Humanities
By Brice Bowrey ~ Historians must sometimes grapple with deafening silence in the archival record. They can just as easily find themselves drowning in the
Selecting a Surgical Solution for Ulcers
By Christopher Crenner ~ Can one surgical problem have more than one surgical solution? A version of this question vexed surgeons in the 1950s and
Statistics for the People
By Christopher J. Phillips ~ Through the pioneering work of historian Harry Marks and others over the past three decades, we’ve come to know a
Mrs. Medicine: Doctors’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care
An interview with Kelly O’Donnell PhD on her NLM History Talk and her research on mid-20th century women’s auxiliary organizations in medicine.
Characterizing Carceral Health at the NLM
By Jessica L. Adler ~ While undertaking research for a book on the history of medical care in U.S. carceral facilities, I’ve been searching archives
Medicine and Miracle in a Medieval Monastery
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Winston Black, PhD, from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada, to share his research on the oldest European
A Laboratory of Humanitarianism: Military and Civilian Captivity during the First World War
An interview with Matthew Stibbe, PhD on his NLM History Talk and his research on internment during the First World War.