An interview with the curator of the newest exhibition at NLM, which explores how Philadelphia’s anxious residents responded to the epidemic using an uneasy blend of science and politics.
Tag: African American History
Leonidas H. Berry, Multi-Dimensional Doctor
The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982 manuscript
Inventor & Mentor: Dr. Leonidas H. Berry and the Gastroscope
The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982 manuscript
Ephemera in the Dr. Leonidas H. Berry Collection
The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982 manuscript
Leonidas H. Berry and the Fight to Desegregate Medicine
The National Library of Medicine provides public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982.
Making Exhibition Connections: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums, and organizations plan and present
Sitting by the Fireside: African American History, Women’s History, and Food
Leaving the month of February, and entering March, seems a fitting time to discuss Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America.
Behind the Scenes on Mercy Street
Circulating Now readers recently learned about a unique register of patients from Mansion House Hospital dating from the 1860s and 1870s, which NLM holds in
Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America
Psyche Williams-Forson, PhD, will speak at 2 PM on November 3 at the National Library of Medicine on “Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in
A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the U.S. Health System
Listen to Louis W. Sullivan, MD, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1989–1993, speak on “A Personal Perspective on Race, Opportunity and the U.S. Health System.”
Power to the People: Washington Gives Back
By Jennifer Brier, Anne Armstrong, Julie Kutruff, Erin Carlson Mast, Patricia Tuohy Creative individuals and institutions in Washington DC have moved beyond what often comes
The Medical Civil Rights Movement and Access to Health Care
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Beatrix Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s most recent exhibition,
For All the People
Dr. Beatrix Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s newest exhibition, For All the People: A Century of
Medical Identity and Ethnicity in 19th-Century New Orleans
Dr. Amy Wiese Forbes spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Medical Identity and Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans.” Dr. Forbes is Associate
Joycelyn Elders, United States Surgeon General
By Elizabeth Fee Joycelyn Elders was the first African-American to be appointed Surgeon-General of the United States. A brilliant, talented, and powerful woman, she had
Remembering Levi Watkins Jr., 1945–2015
By Jill L. Newmark and Margaret A. Hutto In an operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, February 1980, Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.,
Lincoln’s Last Hours
By Jill L. Newmark This week, Circulating Now marks a pivotal event in American history with a short series of posts. 150 years ago on
The History of Race in Randomized Controlled Trials
Laura E. Bothwell spoke today at the National Library of Medicine in recognition of African American History Month on “The History of Race in Randomized
Midwives of St. Croix
By Alexsandra Mitchell Documents within the American College of Nurse-Midwives archival collection in the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division address the importance
Male Midwives in Ethiopia
By Alexsandra Mitchell This photograph from our Images from the History of Medicine database (IHM), is one of many gems in our collection. This 1960s
