A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early in the NLM’s history from
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Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: Digitization
A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early in the NLM’s history from
Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: Spine Repair
A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early in the NLM’s history from
Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: The Pamphlet Press
A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early in the NLM’s history from
Joseph Lovell at Blair House
Circulating Now welcomes Cody A. Moore, from the U.S. Department of State, to talk about the connection between Blair House and the first Surgeon General,
Making the Greatest Medical Library in America
By Erika Mills ~ On a quest to bring together and catalog the world’s medical knowledge, John Shaw Billings, an Army surgeon and book collector
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
Lawrence Kolb—Mental Health as Public Health
By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site featuring psychiatrist Lawrence Kolb (1881–1972). This Profile
VD at the Movies: Public Health Service World War II Venereal Disease Films
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger John Parascandola, PhD from the University of Maryland to explore the use of film in public health campaigns against venereal
Detailing Michael DeBakey’s War Years: Puzzle Pieces
By Sanders Marble ~ In November 2017, I was fortunate to get an NLM Michael E. Debakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine to explore