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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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A botanical Illustration of a Dandelion flower.

The Dandelion

June 7, 2016 Circulating Now

By Anne Rothfeld ~ The dandelion—a quaint, yellow-flowered, perennial herb loathed by homeowners and gardeners—was once praised for its many useful properties: its roots for

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Botanical Illustration of the Larkspur plant including blue flower, thin leaved foliage, and seedpod.

July Blooms

July 8, 2015 circulating now

A botanical illustration of the flower, fruit, and seed of the Larkspur, the July birth flower, and one of the plants featured in Elizabeth Blackwell’s 1737 book A Curious Herbal.

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Drawing: A seated man looks away as another man directs a stream of blood from the first man's arm into a bowl.

Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

February 21, 2014 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills The month we celebrate presidential birthdays is upon us again! George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. Until his

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Detail from a botanical illustration of a red poppy flower.

The Red Poppy: A Curious Herbal

August 30, 2013 circulating now

By Laura McNulty and Ginny A. Roth ~ This image, rightly called “Red Poppy,” appears in the eighteenth century herbal  by Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) titled

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Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the Depressive Neurosis Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the Depressive Neurosis Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

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In the 1800s, scientists developed an analog of the active ingredient in willow bark, creating aspirin. "Take Two & Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited" is a new #OnlineExhibition about the creation of a medicine now part of daily life.
We're taking a deep dive into the hive for #InsectThursday. Pictured here is a cross-section of a #beehive from the 1638 edition of Ulisse Aldrovandi's De Animalibus Insectis Libri Septem (Call number: WZ 250 A365da 1638).
Annually on December 1st, World AIDS Day energizes the public to unite in the fight against AIDS and to commemorate those individuals who have lost their lives to the disease. This year’s theme “Let Communities Lead,” speaks to the power of communities to connect and protect as well as to monitor and advocate for access to resources and accountability from authorities.
In celebration of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we are sharing a portrait of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876 - 1952), the second Native American woman to hold an M.D. degree. Visit NLM's "Changing the Face of Medicine" exhibition site to learn more about her life and work: Link in Bio or https://loom.ly/GatkWhg
Pardon me, but it's already Thanksgiving Eve?
Today we join the nation in remembering former First Lady Rosalynn Carter who passed away yesterday after a lifetime of service.

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