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Category: Films & Videos
Films and video recordings documenting the history of medicine.
Opening the Vault: Finding Aids for Film
By Gabrielle Barr ~ Every day, staff at the National Library of Medicine are working to maintain and expand the online catalog that provides the
The Forgotten Frontier: Nursing Done in Wild Places
By Emma Carter ~ “Where do babies come from?” Children have been asking this question for as long as humankind has populated the Earth, and
Revealing Data: Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine, 1969–70
By Sarah Eilers ~ A host emerges from the shadows of a video production set. In measured tones, he introduces the viewer to a series
Love…at the 2018 Orphan Film Symposium
By Sarah Eilers ~ Last month, I had the privilege of collaborating with Dr. Oliver Gaycken, professor of film studies at the University of Maryland-College
The Falls of 1972: John B Calhoun and Urban Pessimism
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden. Adams, of the London School of Economics, and Ramsden, of the University of London, share
Dr. John Money Discovered
By Elizabeth Newton ~ The vast collections of the National Library of Medicine encompass a startling variety of topics and materials. I recently spent two
Edgar Ulmer, The NTA, and the Power of Sermonic Medicine
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Dr. Devin Orgeron, an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University, teaching courses in Film Theory, Film History Since 1940, The
First in Human: The Trials of Building 10
By Rebecca Warlow ~ A new documentary, First in Human: The Trials of Building 10, produced by McGee Media for the Discovery Channel, explores the
“RUSS EXPLODE H-BOMB”: Let’s Face It, 1954
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