The National Library of Medicine’s Scan-on-Demand program provides the public with offsite access to digitized copies of historical medical materials published before 1924.
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Commelin’s Worldwide Botanical Web
By Harold J. Cook ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum … Plantarum Historia (the title
Of Unica and…Unicorns?—Identifying Unique Holdings at NLM
By Krista Stracka ~ The National Library of Medicine recently digitized a 1501 edition of what is commonly considered the first printed book on distillation.
Informative Beauty: Anatomical Animation by Frank Armitage
This week, the National Library of Medicine introduces Medicine on Screen: Films and Essays from NLM, a curated, freely-accessible portal presenting digitized historical titles from the Library’s world-renowned audiovisuals collection.
Fifteenth Century Books: When Doodles Matter
By Laura Hartman ~ It may seem hard to believe that a random scribbling or doodle on an empty page or margin of an old
Scope Magazine (1941–1957)
By R. Roger Remington ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Targeted at doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals, Scope was
Fifteenth Century Books: From the Cradle of Printing in the West
By Laura Hartman ~ Zodiac Man. Critical Days. Secrets of women. Chiromancy. Plague. Poisons. Aristotle. Hippocrates. You can explore these topics and many more common
Communing and Giggling with Cajal
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Dawn Hunter, Associate Professor, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina and Fulbright España Senior Research Fellow
First Science—Anatomy, 1829–30
By Michael Sappol and Eva Åhrén ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Once upon a time, before originality was
“Facts and Inferences”—Digitizing Shadows from the Walls of Death Part 3
NLM has digitized and made publicly available for the first time, one of four known copies of Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and
Graphic Medicine: A Personal Story
By Jill L. Newmark ~ When the idea for an exhibition on graphic medicine was initially introduced in the Exhibition Program at the National Library
Max Beckmann: The Faces of World War I
By Ginny A. Roth ~ “My heart beats more for a rougher, commoner, more vulgar art … one that offers direct access to the terrible,
A Conversation About Graphic Medicine
On March 1, 2018, at 2:00 PM ET in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine, NLM Director Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD
Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!
By Erika Mills ~ In works of graphic medicine—an emerging field of medical literature—patients and their loved ones, caregivers, and health professionals tell stories about
New Ideas at the NLM: Graphic Medicine
By Patricia Tuohy and Erika Mills ~ Graphic medicine—the use of comics or graphic narratives in health care discourse, is an emerging form of medical
Drawn To, Drawn From Experience
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Dawn Hunter, Associate Professor, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina and Fulbright España Senior Research Fellow
A Look into the Pensieve: Reflections on Harry Potter at Twenty Years
Elizabeth Bland, M.A., will speak on June 27, 2017 at 2:00 in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on “A
Anti-Germ Warfare Campaign Posters, ca. 1952
By Liping Bu Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at a collection of hand-inked and
World War I Centenary Forum: A Call to Service
Ginny A. Roth, will speak at 2 PM ET today, April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “A Call to Service: Women Represented
Art on the Edge
By Ken Koyle, Ginny Roth, and Krista Stracka Hedley Vicars was not a war hero. He was not a renowned strategist or tactician; his presence
