By Jill L. Newmak ~ One of the joys of working in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine is engaging
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Nicole Hughes and Donna Smith, from the Palm Beach County Library System, in Florida. Drawn from a presentation given as
By Rebecca Warlow ~ A new documentary, First in Human: The Trials of Building 10, produced by McGee Media for the Discovery Channel, explores the
By Sarah Eilers ~ Three-inch type and spinning fast, the headline hurtles toward the viewer. When it comes to a stop, you know: the Soviets
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the final post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US
By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
By Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the seventh post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the sixth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ This is the fifth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
By Anne Rothfeld ~ This is the fourth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in
By James Labosier ~ This is the third post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in
By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the second post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ The 4th of July is a day to celebrate America’s independence, an occasion often marked with a wide range of
By Jill L. Newmark ~ For centuries, people have used plants to cure illness and treat wounds. Medicinal properties of plants have been studied by
Stephen J. Greenberg, PhD, will speak on June 29, 2017 at 2:00 in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine on “Monsters
By Nicole Orphanides ~ In 1997, 10-year-old Harry Potter waved his wand for the first time and filled the minds of readers with magic and
Elizabeth Bland, M.A., will speak on June 27, 2017 at 2:00 in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on “A
By Sarah Eilers and James Labosier ~ At the National Library of Medicine (NLM), what you see is not all you can get. The library
By Susan Speaker ~ In recent posts, we’ve featured Base Hospital #4, the first group of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) medical personnel to join the
By Ashley Bowen ~ United States Public Health Service (USPHS) officers stationed in the San Francisco Bay complained about the rain and deer eating the
By Rachel James ~ I’ve spent the last year watching heart surgery in a library. I’ve been working as an intern with Sarah Eilers, who
By Susan Speaker ~ On May 18, 1917, the Base Hospital #4 group arrived in Liverpool on the HMS Orduna. They were the first of
You may have noticed…Circulating Now has an exciting new look! In the almost four years since we began, we’ve been thrilled by the success
By Crystal Smith ~ It’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to a treasured new addition to National Library of Medicine (NLM) Digital Collections:
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Sarah A. Leavitt, Curator at the National Building Museum. Her latest exhibition Architecture of
By John Rees Cookbooks and recipe books have always been popular with students of history and family genealogy. They are tangible artifacts of past lives
Ginny A. Roth, will speak at 2 PM ET today, April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “A Call to Service: Women Represented
Stephen J. Greenberg, will speak at 2 PM ET on April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “The Frances Dupuy Fletcher Photo Album”
Sarah Eilers, will speak at 2 PM ET on April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “Masking Devastation: Inside Anna Ladd’s Paris Studio”
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Anne Rothfeld One hundred years ago, on April 2, 1917, US President Woodrow Wilson spoke to the US Congress requesting
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Erika Dyck, PhD, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Today, Dr.
By Douglas Atkins In honor of Women’s History Month, Circulating Now pays tribute today, to Rear Admiral and Nurse, Dr. Faye Glenn Abdellah, Ed.D., LL.D.,
By Ken Koyle, Ginny Roth, and Krista Stracka Hedley Vicars was not a war hero. He was not a renowned strategist or tactician; his presence
George P. Noon, MD, and Shelley McKellar, PhD will give the inaugural Michael E. DeBakey Lecture on March 21, 2017 at 2:00 ET in the
By Kenneth M. Koyle and Jeffrey S. Reznick Today is Pi Day, the internationally-recognized event when communities of various disciplines come together to celebrate the
Shelley McKellar, PhD and George P. Noon, MD, will give the inaugural Michael E. DeBakey Lecture on March 21, 2017 at 2:00 ET in the
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger, Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD. Dr. Williams-Forson is an associate professor and chair, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park and
By Sarah Eilers Fluoride, a pedestrian topic? You may not think of it as an agitating one, or a source of community division and debate.
By John Rees We all appreciate the convenience of the modern shopping experience. Who doesn’t love visiting a local farmer’s market on a Saturday morning
By Krista Stracka Since the end December, the aisles of most drug stores have been awash in red and pink products in anticipation of today,
Loren Miller, PhD, will speak at 2 PM on February 14 at the NIH Natcher Conference Center on “Collaboration and Curation: Creating the Exhibition Collaboration
By Ginny A. Roth In 2016, The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) launched a week-long, international, social media coloring event called, #ColorOurCollections, providing historical
By Ginny A. Roth Whereas the statement from Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Company on this late 19th century advertisement, “we are all liable to catch
Circulating Now readers recently learned about a unique register of patients from Mansion House Hospital dating from the 1860s and 1870s, which NLM holds in
By Stephen J. Greenberg Mercy Street, the popular PBS series now entering its second season, tells the complicated story of a U.S. Army hospital during
By Mike “Sport” Murphy Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. To young American GIs waging World War II in the
By Liping Bu Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at a collection of hand-inked and
