By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Most people have two eyes directed forward. In ophthalmology textbooks
By Eva Åhrén ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. It was owned by Charles Darwin, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hermann von
A new essay by David Cantor “Challenge: Science Against Cancer or How to Make a Movie in the Mid-Twentieth Century” is now available on Medicine on Screen.
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers E. Thomas Ewing, PhD, Anna Pletch, and Brooke Breighner from Virginia Tech to share their research on French statistician Jacqes
An interview with Samuel Thrope, PhD on his NLM History Talk and his work with Islamic medical manuscripts.
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Comic books may look easy to judge by their covers; on the surface they often depict larger-than-life superheroes battling in
By Erika Mills ~ English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) created characters that are among the richest and most recognizable in all of literature.
An interview with William D. Adams, PhD on his NLM History Talk and his research on visual perception and art.
By Margaret Kaiser ~ The National Library of Medicine recently acquired a rare work on measles in Japan. Mashin Hitsuyo (Necessary Instructions About Measles) was
By Elizabeth Fee ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This sometimes charming, sometimes dreadful little book offers a series