By Alexander Bay ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at an album of 50
Category: Guests
Circulating Now welcomes posts from guest bloggers relating to their association with NLM’s History of Medicine Division and its collections.
Telling the National Cancer Story: Nearly 50 Years of the SEER Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971. Its passage created programs like the Surveillance, Epidemiology,
Wartime Incarceration of Deaf Japanese Americans
Circulating Now welcomes Selena Moon, MA, a public historian researching Japanese American mixed race history, military history, and disability history. To day she joins us
AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Theodore (ted) Kerr to discuss his research in the AIDS poster collection at the National Library of Medicine and his
The 1936 NLM Centennial, Focusing on the Future
By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ In 1901 United States Senate created the Senate Park Commission to develop the National Mall into the
Inez Holmes, Nurse and Veteran
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Kiana Wilkerson, Katherine Randall, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to share their research on World War II veteran and
The X-Ray, 1896
By Tal Golan ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Dr. William J. Morton (1845–1920) hurried this book, The X
Shared Suffering Onscreen
Circulating Now welcomes guest Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa, PhD, Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Seattle University, to discuss his research on the history of scientific filmmaking
“What do you see?”
By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Most people have two eyes directed forward. In ophthalmology textbooks
First Aid on the Battlefield, 1869
By Mark Harrison ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 1870–71 the Prussian war machine tore through France with ruthless