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A detail of the head of a lifesized anatomical chart of layers of printed cardboard.

The Phantom of the Anatomy Lecture

July 3, 2019 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. There he sits in retirement, still bearing the legend “Examined

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Detail of a hand-colored copper-plate engraving of a vining pea-like plant with blue flowers.

Commelin’s Worldwide Botanical Web

April 18, 2019 Circulating Now

By Harold J. Cook ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum … Plantarum Historia (the  title

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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.
Today's Circulating Now blog post features an interview with Richard M. Mizelle, Jr., PhD, of the @universityofhouston, about next week's James H. Cassedy Lecture in the History of Medicine, "The Many Faces of Diabetes: Complications and Debility in Late 20th Century America." Click the link in bio or visit https://loom.ly/BQ9kkaE to read today.
While NLM is being renovated, we're featuring a #WaybackWednesday image for #LibraryShelfieDay! This 1887 image features an interior view of Library Hall in the Army Medical Museum and Library, predecessor to today's NLM.
#OTD in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from New York's Geneva Medical College at the top of her class and became the first woman in America to earn the M.D. degree. She supported medical education for women and helped many other women's careers. By establishing the New York Infirmary in 1857, she offered a practical solution to one of the problems facing qualified women who were rejected from internships and training opportunities elsewhere because of their gender.
Today's feature for #AnatoMonday is the second edition of The Composite Man as Comprehended in Fourteen Anatomical Impressions by E.H. Pratt, starring The Bony Man, The Arterial Man, The Skin Man, and other supporting characters.
"Often on first glance 18th and 19th century handwriting is discouraging. It doesn’t want you to read it. But once you take some time looking closely at each word, you come to know the writer and how he or she shaped certain letters and words. Once you and the writer understand each other, transcription begins to gather speed."

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