atlas – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

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

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