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Month: November 2015

Deatil from the cover of the pamphlet Working on Wife Abuse.

Medicine and Wife Abuse in the 1970s

November 25, 2015 Circulating Now

This post is the second in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of

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A hand colored Illustration of a Turkey.

An Early Look at the Turkey

November 23, 2015 Circulating Now

Turkeys were one of many animals and plants the Europeans encountered in the New World beginning in 1492. In 1555, Conrad Gessner described the Turkey in the third volume of his famous zoological work, Historiae Animalium.

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Bar chart showing the years 1910 through 1960.

Smoking and You

November 19, 2015 alinelink

By Sarah Eilers Today is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout. The first was held in California in 1976, and the American Cancer Society took

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A narrow brick room stacked floor to celing with archival boxes.

John E. Fogarty: From Providence to Profiles

November 17, 2015 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Russell M. Franks, Librarian for Special and Archival Collections at the Phillips Memorial Library, Providence College, who relates some of

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A Pharmacist’s Mate First Class

November 10, 2015 Circulating Now

By John Rees In celebration of Veteran’s Day, the Archives and Modern Manuscripts program highlights the recent acquisition of the Charles Henry Stevens Papers, 1945–1946,

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A Classified Record of Literature on Military Medicine and Surgery 1914-1917

Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War I

November 5, 2015 Circulating Now

Dr. Sanders Marble spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Gathering and Spreading Knowledge: Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War

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For All the People

November 4, 2015 Circulating Now

Dr. Beatrix Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s newest exhibition, For All the People: A Century of

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Air Pollution Is a Human Problem: Mary Catterall’s Campaign for Clean Air in Leeds, England

Air Pollution Is a Human Problem: Mary Catterall’s Campaign for Clean Air in Leeds, England

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Filmstrips are old school, but these are custom old school. The strips were beautifully etched and painted by hand, without use of a camera, and distributed in part to help teach the production techniques. The content is valuable, too, offering a glimpse at health concerns and education in a certain time and place, China in 1949-1950. There are 23 filmstrips in this collection, and NLM has nothing else like it.
For #ChallengeWednesday here is Lantern Slide 80, also known as “Nightmare Turtle” from the St. Elizabeths Magic Lantern Slide Collection (1855-1890s). This #SlipSlide shows a sleeping man having a nightmare featuring a blue mare astride a giant turtle brandishing a sword and lobster (image 2). Visit the link in our bio to read more about this #CuriousCollection in Hidden Treasure (page 176-177).
“From Hand to Mouth is the story of food, flies, fingers and such—a brief account of the things you can and must do to prevent the spread of disease."
For today's #ArchivesHashtagParty, we’re heading back to the “Old Red Brick” building days of the Army Medical Library, one of the National Library of Medicine’s predecessor institutions. From our Prints and Photographs collection is a still image taken in 1948 of library staff using various kinds of #ArchivesOldSchool technology like mimeograph machines, manual typewriters, and index cards to complete their work.
Join us online next Thursday at 2pm EST for the next NLM History Talk! In “Peril in the Air: Pollution Activism on Film,” Sarah Eilers of NLM and Angela Saward of @wellcomecollection explore the intersection of filmmaking, government, and medicine working together to drive environmental awareness and policy.
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