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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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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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This #18thCentury manuscript herbal by Andrea Di Petris includes over 200 drawings of plants documenting his herbal medicine practice near Padua, Italy. The majority of entries contain physical description, environmental details, medicinal uses, and often an anecdote about his experience using the herb or folkloric comment.
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. To celebrate, we are sharing this black and white photograph from 1922 of Major General Merritte W. Ireland (1867-1952) surrounded by military and civilian staff of the Surgeon General's Office with the #LincolnMemorial in background.
The National Library of Medicine recently redesigned the online presentation of its exhibition Emotions and Disease. Held in the Library’s building in Bethesda, Maryland 25 years ago, the exhibition explored the intersection of the mind and body. Circulating Now interviewed Esther Sternberg, MD and Ted Brown, PhD about their work on the original exhibition and the continued relevancy of its message today.
As #NationalNursesWeek comes to an end, we are sharing Honnor Morten's How to Become a Nurse and How to Succeed, an 1890's nursing guide published in London by the Scientific Press. Violet Honnor Morten (1861-1913) was a nurse, journalist, and social work pioneer who authored several manuals and frequently contributed nursing articles to the Daily News and The Hospital. Visit https://loom.ly/1v2Twy0 to learn more about the book on the Circulating Now blog (link also in bio).
With so many different varieties of #leather available, choosing what to use on collections can be difficult! Leather is a very traditional material for many types of bindings, though the process to create it has changed significantly over the past couple of centuries. We currently use vegetable tanned leather created with hydrolysable tannins when doing full leather bindings, rebacks, or other repairs.
We're "feline" excited for the @iglibraries #PawsomeLibraries challenge, hosted by @silibraries. This early #20thCentury postcard features a black and white photograph of a nurse using what looks like a small riding whip to capture a fluffy cat's attention.

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