By Krista Stracka ~ A few remarks upon Cicada septendecim will doubtless prove of interest now that the species has been occupying so much attention.
Tag: 1800s
Outside/Inside: Immigration, Migration, and Health Care in the United States
By Erika Mills ~ Immigration and migration are important parts of the American story; and health care and medicine have played a role in inclusion
Mechanics of the Human Walking Apparatus, 1836
By Allison Muri ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Few movements in a living human depend so much on
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
The Girl in the Lion Cage: Regulating Hypnotism in 19th Century France
Katrin Schultheiss, Ph.D. will speak on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 2:00 ET in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine. Dr.
Contraceptive Knowledge in the Mid-19th-Century United States
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Donna J. Drucker, MLS, PhD, Senior Advisor, English as the Language of Instruction at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. Here, Dr.
Who Was Here First
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) sits on the southeast corner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Although it began
Following the Rear: Travails of the Union Army’s Ambulance Corps
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Benjamin Forrest, a fourth year medical student at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. He has just completed an intercalated
The Phantom of the Anatomy Lecture
By Michael Sappol ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. There he sits in retirement, still bearing the legend “Examined
Celebrating the Graduation Season
“The long looked for day has come and it is passed and all the toil is over for its attainment.”