By Mike “Sport” Murphy Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. To young American GIs waging World War II in the
Category: Prints & Photographs
Images illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
World War I Centenary Forum: A Call to Service
Ginny A. Roth, will speak at 2 PM ET today, April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “A Call to Service: Women Represented
World War I Centenary Forum: The Frances Dupuy Fletcher Photo Album
Stephen J. Greenberg, will speak at 2 PM ET on April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “The Frances Dupuy Fletcher Photo Album”
Faye Glenn Abdellah: Nurse, Officer, Educator
By Douglas Atkins In honor of Women’s History Month, Circulating Now pays tribute today, to Rear Admiral and Nurse, Dr. Faye Glenn Abdellah, Ed.D., LL.D.,
Cough Killer’s Secret Ingredient
By Ginny A. Roth Whereas the statement from Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Company on this late 19th century advertisement, “we are all liable to catch
Don’t be SAD: A Very Brief History of Light Therapy
By Michael Sappol As December 21, the shortest day of the year approaches, when the gray and dark is at its height and golden sunshine
A Nurse’s Scrapbook from The Great War
By Stephen J. Greenberg Anniversaries can be funny things. As we observe (“celebrate” somehow seems wrong in the context) the 100th anniversary of the First
Trade Cards in The Fight Against AIDS
By Ginny A. Roth World AIDS Day is an international observance held on December 1st each year and an opportunity for people worldwide
The Punitive Expedition, 1916
By Stephen J. Greenberg The political situation in Mexico, always a matter of great concern to the United States, was particularly volatile in late 1915
Autumn Highlights
By Ginny A. Roth The autumnal equinox has come and gone, and what lies ahead of us are cooler temperatures, falling leaves, and the beginning
Color Me Healthy
By Ginny A. Roth More than just a tool to keep children occupied, coloring books provide an entertaining, friendly, and interactive medium that can simplify
America’s National Parks: Preserved for Public Health
By Anne Rothfeld The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial on August 25, 2016. From Maine to Hawaii, the breadth of NPS includes parks,
Olympians Say “No” to Substance Abuse
by Erika Mills Every two years, the Olympics Games make heroes out of the world’s athletic elite. Champions win worldwide fame, admiration, and influence along
Why me?
By Ginny A. Roth We’ve all been there. It’s finally time for that fun summer barbecue. You’re surrounded by family and friends, the weather is
Images from the History of Medicine is Moving to NLM Digital Collections
By Ginny A. Roth On June 1, 2016, Images from the History Medicine (IHM), the National Library of Medicine (NLM), History of Medicine Division’s
Memories of the Civil War
By Stephen J. Greenberg Although the American Civil War was not the first armed conflict to be extensively photographed (that dubious distinction belongs to the
A Universal Code: Nurse Uniforms of All Nations
By Anne Marie Rafferty This essay on the International Nurse Uniform Photograph Collection, ca. 1950 was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of
“Beyond Chicken Soup” with a Taste of NLM
By Karen Falk and Jeffrey S. Reznick During the past few years, the NLM History of Medicine Division has loaned items from its collections for
Grateful Med: Personal Computing and User-Friendly Design
By Nicole Contaxis Grateful Med was an NLM-developed software program that was intended to expand and ease access to the NLM databases, including MEDLINE. Supported
Setting Our Sights on a World without Malaria
By Erika Mills Around 3.2 billion people—nearly half the world’s population—are at risk for malaria. In 2015, 214 million were infected and 438,000 died of
Images from the History of Medicine in Open-i
By Ginny A. Roth On March 22, 2016 the NLM History of Medicine Division’s image database, Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), launched in
Helen Coley Nauts: Advocate for Immunotherapy
By Douglas Atkins Helen Coley Nauts (1907–2001) was the daughter of a prominent physician and surgeon whom many consider to be the Father of Immunotherapy
MEDLARS II: MEDLINE & Instantaneous Search
By Nicole Contaxis MEDLARS I, as described in my previous post, was a great step forward in providing access to bibliographic data and facilitating biomedical
Rare Disease Day 2016
By Ginny A. Roth The drawing above created by artist May Lesser depicts a medical school resident examining a child patient with rheumatoid arthritis in
MEDLARS I & GRACE: The Early Mainframe Experience
By Nicole Contaxis Providing access to bibliographic data has long been a part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) mission. Through a variety of
Dr. Schwartz’s Stamp Collection
By Ginny A. Roth The Prints and Photographs collection in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine holds many treasures that
Medicare and Medicaid at 50
By Lisa Lang For most Americans today, Medicare and Medicaid have been in existence all their lives. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, conducted in
July Blooms
By Ginny A. Roth The image featured above is a botanical illustration of the flower, fruit, and seed of the Larkspur, the July birth
The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
By James Labosier, Ginny Roth, and John Rees A new archival collection, the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital Archives, 1853–2003 is now available at the
Travels of a World War I Nurse
By Dan Caughey Photograph postcards, known as “real photo” postcards, were popular mementos to send to loved ones before and during World War I. There
