By Susan Speaker ~ In an earlier post, I highlighted the wartime experiences of Sir William Osler, who is often called “the father of American
Category: Series
Short projects comprising several posts focused around a particular topic.
New History of the NLM: The Library in the 21st Century
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the final post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US
New History of the NLM: Celebrating 150 Years of Public Service and Looking to the Future
By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
New History of the NLM: Information Age
By Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the seventh post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
New History of the NLM: A New Name and A New Home
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the sixth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US
New History of the NLM: World War II and Relocation
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ This is the fifth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
New History of the NLM: The “Old Red Brick”
By Anne Rothfeld ~ This is the fourth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in
New History of the NLM: Civil War and the Era of John Shaw Billings
By James Labosier ~ This is the third post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in
New History of the NLM: Origins and Early Years
By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the second post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine
Introducing a New Illustrated History of the NLM
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Ken Koyle ~ This is the first post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National
The U.S. Army Medical Department begins Operations in France
By Susan Speaker ~ In recent posts, we’ve featured Base Hospital #4, the first group of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) medical personnel to join the
Revealing Data: Rain, Epidemics, and Life on the Docks in 1918
By Ashley Bowen ~ United States Public Health Service (USPHS) officers stationed in the San Francisco Bay complained about the rain and deer eating the
U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Receives Royal Greeting in England
By Susan Speaker ~ On May 18, 1917, the Base Hospital #4 group arrived in Liverpool on the HMS Orduna. They were the first of
Revealing Data: Explorations of Data in Collections
By Christie Moffatt ~ We hear about data every day. In historical medical collections, data abounds, both quantitative and qualitative. In its format, scope, and
U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Embarks for Europe
By Susan Speaker ~ The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Just one month later, the first unit of the American
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”
World War I Centenary Forum: Masking Devastation
Sarah Eilers, will speak at 2 PM ET on April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “Masking Devastation: Inside Anna Ladd’s Paris Studio”
World War I Centenary Forum: Stories from the NLM Collections
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Anne Rothfeld One hundred years ago, on April 2, 1917, US President Woodrow Wilson spoke to the US Congress requesting
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
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
Some of the Most Beautiful Herbals
By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
Colonialism and the Plant Hunters
By Michael North This post is the fifth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
Change is Possible
This post is the last in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
Nurses Organize
This post is the fourth in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
Research Reborn: Dioscorides and Mattioli
By Michael North This post is the fourth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are
“What a mess! And we are not half through”: Dr. Osler on England’s home front in World War I
By Susan Speaker This is one of a series of occasional posts highlighting collections that document medical activities during the Great War, which lasted from
Nurses on the Cutting Edge
This post is the third in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
Medicine and Wife Abuse in the 1970s
This post is the second in a series exploring the history of nursing and domestic violence from the guest blogger Catherine Jacquet, Assistant Professor of
Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War I
Dr. Sanders Marble spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Gathering and Spreading Knowledge: Publications and the Army Medical Library around World War
