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Detail of gold embossed book cover for Savage Survivals

What It Means to Talk about Race and African American Health

February 18, 2021 Circulating Now

An interview with Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Rutgers University, on her NLM History Talk.

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Detail of a color magazine photo of a blond woman in a pink bikini.

MD’s Wife: Subscriptions and Prescriptions About Medical Marriages Across the Twentieth Century

March 12, 2020 Circulating Now

By NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow Kelly O’Donnell, PhD.

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Photograph of the spine and cover of How to Become a Nurse.

How to Become a Nurse and How to Succeed, ca. 1892

December 13, 2018 Circulating Now

This guidebook by Honnor Morten, a lifelong advocate, provided young women with practical recommendations and a real sense of the possibilities of becoming a nurse in the 1890s.

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An illustratration of a man bowing to a woman under a canopy in the desert in silhouette.

The Lay of the Lonesome Lung, 1881

February 14, 2017 Circulating Now

By Krista Stracka ~ A humorous poem about a man named Bung on his quest to save his one working lung. Bung gets the girl and both lungs are restored with Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry!

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An embossed gold shield featureing a man threatening a skeleton with a weapon labeled Microbe Killer.

Radam’s Microbe Killer: Advertising Cures for Tuberculosis

October 9, 2015 Circulating Now

In nineteenth century America, tuberculosis accounted for nearly one out of every ten deaths. Known most commonly as “consumption,” this disease was dreaded across society

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A pie chart showing rates of mortality for different causes for 1907; Tuberculosis ranks first at 21%.

Gathering and Interpreting Data about Tuberculosis in the U.S.

October 7, 2015 Circulating Now

In nineteenth century America, tuberculosis accounted for nearly one out of every ten deaths. Known most commonly as “consumption,” this disease was dreaded across society

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Chappelear's Bronchini, the great cure, the best of all cough cures.

Medical Advertisements after FDA

July 15, 2015 Circulating Now

By Kelsey Conway In the summer of 2014 I had the wonderful opportunity to intern with the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division.

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A human figure is dwarfed by a fanciful mushroom, mold, and bacterial jungle.

The Magic in Mold and Dirt

March 31, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

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Wooden board reading Magic Yeast

Beer, Yeast, and Louis Pasteur

January 24, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

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For #AmericanHearthMonth, we are featuring a gif of two frontispiece illustrations from the second edition of A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases of the Heart (Philadelphia, 1870) by the eminent American physician Austin Flint (1812-1886). First published in 1859, this work is considered the first major American textbook on #cardiology.
In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we are featuring a portrait of Dr. Jane Cooke Wright. Dr. Wright (1919-2013) became a professor of surgery, head of the cancer chemotherapy department, and associate dean at New York Medical College, and the highest ranked African American woman at a nationally recognized medical institution. She was the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society.
Welcome to Color Our Collections Week sponsored by @nyamnyc! During the week of February 6-10, NLM is participating in this annual social media #coloring festival alongside other libraries, archives, and cultural institutions by sharing our free coloring book. The #ColoringBook features images from NLM's historical collections and is now available to download, print, and color! Please share your finished pages on Instagram using the hashtag #ColorOurCollections!
For this month's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme of #ArchivesBlackDesign, we are featuring the "Father of the Blood Bank," Dr. Charles R. Drew. In 1941, he introduced the use of mobile collection units (later called "bloodmobiles") to aid in the war effort. These vehicles were equipped for collecting and storing blood from donors. We often take the blood donation for granted today, but inventions like these continue to save countless lives.
"Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons" highlights contemporary African American surgeons and educators who have exemplified excellence in their fields and mentor young generation of African American physicians. NLM has refreshed the original exhibition website from 2006. Now Opening Doors has a new look and feel and is accessible across all devices! Learn more about several selected African American surgeons who have worked to improve health care and to inspire the next generation of surgeons.
This #WoodcutIllustration from Jehan Cousin's Livre de Pourtraicture (Paris, 1608) shows the proportion and measure of a male figure from the front and back. One of the most famous on the subject of #ArtisticAnatomy, this book was printed again and again into the late 17th century.

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