Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Mackenzie Warren, from the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks to discuss the life and work of Dr. Philip Syng Physick.
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Medicine and Miracle in a Medieval Monastery
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Winston Black, PhD, from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada, to share his research on the oldest European
Hospital Postcards from the American Hospital Association
By Ginny A. Roth ~ This National Postcard Week, celebrated May 1-7 2022, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce its recent
Director Jones: Laying the Foundation for the National Library of Medicine
By Michael Kronenfeld and Jennie J. Kronenfeld ~ People familiar with the National Library Medicine (NLM) may not be aware of its long history and
Nightingale: Lady and Legend
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Some people seem not quite real. Nightingale is not a simple figure to fathom; so much is obscured by her legendary image.
Seeking Leek Island: A Place of Healing
By Aliya Rahman ~ Across the globe, World War I—known by contemporaries as the “The War to End All Wars” —took millions of lives and
Revealing Data: Sewers and other Amenities
By Ashley Bowen ~ Ilfracombe, a seaside town in southwest England, in the early summer… Is the most inviting, when the orchards are pink with
Lenox Hill Hospital’s Modernization Captured in Photographs
By Ginny A. Roth The Charles R. Lachman Community Health Center at Lenox Hill Hospital was officially dedicated on September 20, 1966. During the ceremony
A New History of 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
Illuminating St. Elizabeths at the National Building Museum
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Sarah A. Leavitt, Curator at the National Building Museum. Her latest exhibition Architecture of