By Elizabeth Mullen ~ As the end of October approaches many people begin to think about costumes. A Halloween mask could frighten your friends, hide
Category: Prints & Photographs
Images illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
Droplet Infection Explained in Pictures
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Katherine Randall, Linsey C. Marr, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to explore the history of public health messaging during the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Dental Cartoons, ca. 1945
By Alyssa Picard ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Will you be able to find a good dentist when
Prevention Posters Push the Message
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Before the age of social media, posters were a primary form of visual communication meant to catch the public’s eye
Seeking Leek Island: An Interview with Pamela Robertson
In 2019, Circulating Now published two blog posts about a scrapbook NLM had recently acquired. One post related the history of Leek Island Military Hospital
Relics of the Infectious Past: Disease Warning Sign Collection
By Charles Rosenberg ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. The history of public health cannot be understood without artifacts
How to Wash Your Hands, Historically
By Sarah Eilers ~ A simple act of personal hygiene that practically every human carries out daily is key to preventing the spread of viral
Visualizing World AIDS Day
By Ginny A. Roth ~ Annually on December 1st, World AIDS Day energizes the public to unite in the fight against AIDS and to commemorate
Seeking Leek Island: A Personal Journey
By Aliya Rahman ~ The 1918 scrapbook I wrote about in Seeking Leek Island: A Place of Healing reveals Leek Island Military Hospital as a
Seeking Leek Island: A Place of Healing
By Aliya Rahman ~ Across the globe, World War I—known by contemporaries as the “The War to End All Wars” —took millions of lives and