Miriam Posner, Ph.D. will give the annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture in the History of Medicine on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 2:00 ET
Category: Collections
Posts highlighting the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine
A “Commentary” on Lambertus on Aquinas on Aristotle
By Walton O. Schalick ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Jorge of Burgos, the scholar-villain of Umberto Eco’s The
Leather Bindings: Conservation Research on Tanning
By Laura McNulty, Holly Herro and Kristi Wright ~ Have you noticed that books bound before the mid-19th century are in better condition than those
Psychological Cinema
By Amanda Maple (Pennsylvania State University) and Sarah Eilers (NLM) ~ From Experimentally produced neurotic behavior in the rat to Prefrontal lobotomy in chronic schizophrenia,
Making Exhibition Connections: Lamar Soutter Library
Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions. These sites plan and present enriching
Lifting the “Residual Veil”: Biomicroscopy of the Eye
By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. An intense light that seems to shine directly into your